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15 U.S.C. § 1693n — Criminal liability
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**(a) Violations respecting giving of false or inaccurate information, failure to provide information, and failure to comply with provisions of this subchapter** Whoever knowingly and willfully—
(1) gives false or inaccurate information or fails to provide information which he is required to disclose by this subchapter or any regulation issued thereunder; or
(2) otherwise fails to comply with any provision of this subchapter;
shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
**(b) Violations affecting interstate or foreign commerce** Whoever—
(1) knowingly, in a transaction affecting interstate or foreign commerce, uses or attempts or conspires to use any counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument to obtain money, goods, services, or anything else of value which within any one-year period has a value aggregating $1,000 or more; or
(2) with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports or attempts or conspires to transport in interstate or foreign commerce a counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument knowing the same to be counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained; or
(3) with unlawful or fraudulent intent, uses any instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce to sell or transport a counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument knowing the same to be counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained; or
(4) knowingly receives, conceals, uses, or transports money, goods, services, or anything else of value (except tickets for interstate or foreign transportation) which (A) within any one-year period has
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**(a) Violations respecting giving of false or inaccurate information, failure to provide information, and failure to comply with provisions of this subchapter** Whoever knowingly and willfully—
(1) gives false or inaccurate information or fails to provide information which he is required to disclose by this subchapter or any regulation issued thereunder; or
(2) otherwise fails to comply with any provision of this subchapter;
shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
**(b) Violations affecting interstate or foreign commerce** Whoever—
(1) knowingly, in a transaction affecting interstate or foreign commerce, uses or attempts or conspires to use any counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument to obtain money, goods, services, or anything else of value which within any one-year period has a value aggregating $1,000 or more; or
(2) with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports or attempts or conspires to transport in interstate or foreign commerce a counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument knowing the same to be counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained; or
(3) with unlawful or fraudulent intent, uses any instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce to sell or transport a counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument knowing the same to be counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained; or
(4) knowingly receives, conceals, uses, or transports money, goods, services, or anything else of value (except tickets for interstate or foreign transportation) which (A) within any one-year period has a value aggregating $1,000 or more, (B) has moved in or is part of, or which constitutes interstate or foreign commerce, and (C) has been obtained with a counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument; or
(5) knowingly receives, conceals, uses, sells, or transports in interstate or foreign commerce one or more tickets for interstate or foreign transportation, which (A) within any one-year period have a value aggregating $500 or more, and (B) have been purchased or obtained with one or more counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument; or
(6) in a transaction affecting interstate or foreign commerce, furnishes money, property, services, or anything else of value, which within any one-year period has a value aggregating $1,000 or more, through the use of any counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument knowing the same to be counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained—
shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
**(c) “Debit instrument” defined** As used in this section, the term “debit instrument” means a card, code, or other device, other than a check, draft, or similar paper instrument, by the use of which a person may initiate an electronic fund transfer.
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**(a) Individual or class action for damages; amount of award** Except as otherwise provided by this section and [section 1693h of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1693h&num=0&edition=prelim), any person who fails to comply with any provision of this subchapter with respect to any consumer, except for an error resolved in accordance with [section 1693f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1693f&num=0&edition=prelim), is liable to such consumer in an amount equal to the sum of—
(1) any actual damage sustained by such consumer as a result of such failure;
(2)
(A) in the case of an individual action, an amount not less than $100 nor greater than $1,000; or
(B) in the case of a class action, such amount as the court may allow, except that (i) as to each member of the class no minimum recovery shall be applicable, and (ii) the total recovery under this subparagraph in any class action or series of class actions arising out of the same failure to comply by the same person shall not be more than the lesser of $500,000 or 1 per centum of the net worth of the defendant; and
(3) in the case of any successful action to enforce the foregoing liability, the costs of the action, together with a reasonable attorney’s fee as determined by the court.
**(b) Factors determining amount of award** In determining the amount of liability in any action under subsection (a), the court shall consider, among other relevant factors—
(1) in any individual action under subsection (a)(2)(A), the frequency and persistence of noncompliance, the nature of such noncompliance, and the extent to which the noncompliance was intentional; or
(2) in any class action under subsection (a)(2)(B
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**(a)** Whoever makes, utters or possesses a counterfeited security of a State or a political subdivision thereof or of an organization, or whoever makes, utters or possesses a forged security of a State or political subdivision thereof or of an organization, with intent to deceive another person, organization, or government shall be fined under this title 11 See 1994 Amendment note below. or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both.
**(b)** Whoever makes, receives, possesses, sells or otherwise transfers an implement designed for or particularly suited for making a counterfeit or forged security with the intent that it be so used shall be punished by a fine under this title or by imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both.
**(c)** For purposes of this section—
(1) the term “counterfeited” means a document that purports to be genuine but is not, because it has been falsely made or manufactured in its entirety;
(2) the term “forged” means a document that purports to be genuine but is not because it has been falsely altered, completed, signed, or endorsed, or contains a false addition thereto or insertion therein, or is a combination of parts of two or more genuine documents;
(3) the term “security” means—
(A) a note, stock certificate, treasury stock certificate, bond, treasury bond, debenture, certificate of deposit, interest coupon, bill, check, draft, warrant, debit instrument as defined in section 916(c) 22 See References in Text note below. of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, money order, traveler’s check, letter of credit, warehouse receipt, negotiable bill of lading, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest in or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, pre-reorganization certificate of subscript
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 1693n
notwithstanding that after such act, omission,
or failure has occurred, such rule, regulation,
approval, or model clause is amended, rescinded,
or determined by judicial or other authority to
be invalid for any reason.
(e) Notification to consumer prior to action; ad-
justment of consumer’s account
A person has no liability under this section for
any failure to comply with any requirement
under this subchapter if, prior to the institution
of an action under this section, the person noti-
fies the consumer concerned of the failure, com-
plies with the requirements of this subchapter,
and makes an appropriate adjustment to the
consumer’s account and pays actual damages or,
where applicable, damages in accordance with
section 1693h of this title.
(f) Action in bad faith or for harassment; attor-
ney’s fees
On a finding by the court that an unsuccessful
action under this section was brought in bad
faith or for purposes of harassment, the court
shall award to the defendant attorney’s fees rea-
sonable in relation to the work expended and
costs.
(g) Jurisdiction of courts; time for maintenance
of action
Without regard to the amount in controversy,
any action under this section may be brought in
any United States district court, or in any other
court of competent jurisdiction, within one year
from the date of the occurrence of the violation.
(Pub. L. 90–321, title IX, § 916, formerly § 915, as
added Pub. L. 95–630, title XX, § 2001, Nov. 10,
1978, 92 Stat. 3737; renumbered § 916, Pub. L.
111–24, title IV, § 401(1), May 22, 2009, 123 Stat.
1751; amended Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1084(1),
(4), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2081, 2082.)
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