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what should be the criminal penalty for placing a "skimmer" in a gas pump

What should be the penalty for credit card "skimming"

  • State law felony-with mandatory jail time

    Votes: 9 40.9%

  • State law Misdemeanor or felony-no mandatory jail time

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Federal felony with mandatory prison time

    Votes: 8 36.4%

  • Option 1-3 with full restitution

    Votes: 11 50.0%

  • Other-explain

    Votes: 1 4.5%
  • Total voters
    22
TurtleDude said:
Lately, our local news has numerous stories of people illegally placing "skimmers" in credit card readers at Gas Stations to steal credit card numbers (or worse-to drain the bank accounts of those using debit cards). what do you think the penalty should be?

I believe any such action should be at minimum a felony offense and since credit card fraud -due to "interstate commerce" can be a federal offense, skimming should be as well with a point added to the offense level for each card hacked meaning the penalty could be in the 300 month range if someone skims several dozen cards.

I think its time to really crush people who do this sort of stuff and give them really hard time
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One of my cards was skimmed once. They charged more than 10k on that card. My proposed solution wouldn't be legal or constitutional so I went with "Option 1 and 3 with full restitution". My proposed solution would be more satisfying.
 
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