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1672
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 535
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(2) A person who is authorized by an issuer to
furnish money, goods, services or anything else of value upon
presentation of a credit card by the cardholder, or any agent or
employee of such person, who, with intent to defraud the issuer
or cardholder, fails to furnish money, goods, services or
anything else of value which he represents in writing to the
issuer that he has furnished violates this subsection and is
subject to the penalties set forth in (h)(1) of this section, if
the difference between the value of all money, goods, services
and anything else of value actually furnished and the value
represented to the issuer to have been furnished does not exceed
$300, and is subject to the penalties set forth in (h)(2) of this
section if such difference exceeds $300.
(f) A person other than the cardholder possessing an
incomplete credit card, with intent to complete it without the
consent of the issuer or a person possessing, with knowledge of
its character, machinery, plates or any other contrivance
designed to reproduce instruments purporting to be the credit
cards of an issuer who has not consented to the preparation of
such credit cards, violates this subsection and is subject to the
penalties set forth in (h)(2) of this section. A credit card is
"incomplete" if part of the matter other than the name of the
cardholder, which an issuer requires to appear on the credit
card, before it can be used by a cardholder, has not yet been
stamped, embossed, imprinted or written on it.
(g) A person who receives money, goods, services or
anything else of value obtained in violation of (d) of this
section, knowing or believing that it was so obtained violates
this subsection and is subject to the penalties set forth in
(h)(1) of this section if the value of all money, goods, services
and other things of value obtained in violation of this
subsection does not exceed $300; and is subject to the penalties
set forth in (h)(2) of this section, if such value exceeds $300.
(h) (1) A person who is subject to the penalties of this
subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined a sum not
to exceed $500 or imprisoned not more than 18 months, or both.
(2) A person who is subject to the penalties of this
subsection shall be guilty of a felony and fined a sum not to
exceed $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.
(I) IF A PERSON COMMITS A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION
PURSUANT TO ONE SCHEME OR CONTINUING COURSE OF CONDUCT, FROM THE
SAME OR SEVERAL SOURCES, THE CONDUCT MAY BE CONSIDERED AS ONE
OFFENSE AND THE VALUE OF THE MONEY, GOODS, SERVICES, OR ANYTHING
ELSE OF VALUE MAY BE AGGREGATED IN DETERMINING IF THE OFFENSE IS
A FELONY OR A MISDEMEANOR.
[(i)] (J) This section shall not be construed to preclude
the applicability of any other provision of the criminal law of
this State which presently applies or may in the future apply to
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