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Legislation creates new offenses for organized gift-card tampering and fraud, panel approves with amendments
Summary
The substitute would criminalize possession and tampering of stolen gift cards and set penalties keyed to face value; retailers and payments firms testified in favor, prosecutors urged stiffer penalties for repeat offenders.
The Judiciary Noncivil subcommittee approved a bill creating new offenses for gift-card tampering and related conduct after testimony from retailers, payments providers and prosecutors that organized criminal groups are increasingly exploiting packaged gift cards.
What the bill does: The LC280681S substitute defines and criminalizes several gift-card-specific acts — acquiring or possessing stolen gift-card redemption data with intent to defraud; tampering with packaging or codes to mislead consumers; and using deception to obtain gift cards — and establishes…
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