Delitos relacionados con dispositivos de transacción financiera

Explicación Simple

Robar o usar una tarjeta de crédito sin permiso es un delito grave. Si alguien tiene una tarjeta que no le pertenece y la usa, puede ser castigado duramente.

Es como si alguien tomara tu teléfono sin tu permiso y lo usara para hacer llamadas o comprar cosas. Eso no está bien y puede meterte en problemas.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan encuentra la tarjeta de crédito de su vecino, Carlos, y decide comprar comida con ella sin que Carlos lo sepa. Juan no solo está haciendo algo malo, sino que también podría enfrentar graves consecuencias legales por usar la tarjeta sin permiso.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 750.157n - Stealing, taking, or removing financial transaction device; possession of fraudulent or altered financial transaction device Sec. 157n. (1) A person who steals knowingly takes, or knowingly removes a financial transaction device from the person or possession of a deviceholder, or who knowingly retains, knowingly possesses, knowingly secretes, or knowingly uses a financial transaction device without the consent of the deviceholder, is guilty of a felony. (2) A person who knowingly possesses a fraudulent or altered financial transaction device is guilty of a felony. MCL 750.157p - Possession or control of another's financial transaction device with intent to use, deliver, circulate, or sell Sec. 157p. A person who has in his or her possession, or under his or her control, or who receives from another person a financial transaction device with the intent to use, deliver, circulate, or sell the financial transaction device, or to permit, cause, or procure the financial transaction device to be used, delivered, circulated, or sold, knowing the possession, control, receipt, use, delivery, circulation, or sale to be without the consent of the deviceholder, is guilty of a felony. MCL 750.157q - Delivery, circulation, or sale of financial transaction device obtained or held under proscribed circumstances Sec. 157q. A person who delivers, circulates, or sells a financial transaction device which was obtained or held by that person under circumstances proscribed under section 157n, 157p, or 157v, or uses, permits, causes, or procures the financial transaction device to be used, delivered, circulated, or sold, knowing the device to have been obtained or held under circumstances proscribed under section 157n, 157p, or 157v is guilty of a felony. MCL 750.157r - F