Credit Card Fraud Lawyer

Crime Attorneys can best represent your case. Contact us immediately if you are facing a credit card fraud charge.

Credit card fraud can sometimes involve the bank directly. The most common kind of credit card fraud is the illegal counterfeiting of credit cards. Some criminals use desktop computers to produce real-looking credit cards, including holograms and functioning magnetic strips.

Lost or stolen credit cards are another common fraudulent use and bring many defendants to trial.

Credit cards can be fraudulently obtained through the mail, either by illegally accessing confidential information stolen from other peoples' mailboxes, or recovering cards or credit card applications from someone's trash.

The Internet is a part of credit card fraud, as lists of stolen credit card numbers are posted or sold in newsgroups and are sometimes used to purchase goods online.

Credit Card Fraud Case

Ft. Lauderdale: November, 1997: A former graduate student was sentenced in the Southern District of Florida on wire fraud charges to four months' home detention, for a scheme in which he obtained the names of multiple students from a local university and fraudulently applied for 174 credit cards via the Internet. Because of the investigative work by the Postal Inspection Service, no losses were incurred.

Wilmington, Delaware: 2000: Three individuals were indicted in the District of Delaware on charges of conspiracy, bank fraud, identity theft, Social Security fraud, and wire fraud, for their alleged roles in fraudulently obtaining Social Security numbers and credit card numbers of military officers.

A good credit card fraud defense requires a solid credit card fraud lawyer such as Crime Attorneys.