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Attorney general and retailers back bill to better criminalize gift‑card tampering and theft
Summary
Senate Bill 258 would expand prosecutorial tools against gift‑card fraud by criminalizing tampering with gift‑card packaging and clarifying how theft value is determined for prosecutions. The Attorney General's Office and the New Hampshire Retail Association urged the House committee to adopt an AG amendment narrowing knowledge elements for
The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 258, which sponsors and prosecutors say modernizes theft statutes to address organized gift‑card tampering and related fraud.
Grant Bossi, deputy chief of staff for the New Hampshire Senate, introduced the bill on behalf of the sponsor and said retailers and federal partners had helped draft the language after retailers reported organized rings tampering with gift‑card barcodes to capture PINs and drain funds after cards were later activated.
Brian Townsend II, senior assistant attorney…
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