Using someone else’s identity to make a financial transaction of some kind is charged as Identity Theft in Greeley and Weld County. A man is wanted for this very crime, after using a credit card that had been stolen out of a car. The man allegedly used the stolen card at a 7-11 in Denver. He has not been located, but police are issuing his photo looking for tips that lead to his arrest. Likely, he used the card to buy less than $20 worth of items, and if caught, will be facing years in prison for the felony charge.
Weld County Identity Theft Attorney: Definition of Identity Theft in Morgan County
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Identity Theft – C.R.S. 18-5-902 – is:
(a) Knowingly uses the personal identifying information, financial identifying information, or financial device of another without permission or lawful authority with the intent to obtain cash, credit, property, services, or any other thing of value or to make a financial payment;
(b) Knowingly possesses the personal identifying information, financial identifying information, or financial device of another without permission or lawful authority, with the intent to use or to aid or permit some other person to use such information or device to obtain cash, credit, property, services, or any other thing of value or to make a financial payment;
(c) With the intent to defraud, falsely makes, completes, alters, or utters a written instrument or financial device containing any personal identifying information or financial identifying information of another;
(d) Knowingly possesses the personal identifying information or financial identifying information of another without permission or lawful authority to use in applying for or completing an application for a financial device or other extension of credit;
(e) Knowingly uses or possesses the personal identifying information of another without permission or lawful authority with the intent to obtain a government-issued document.
This crime is more than just using someone else’s credit card. It can be charged for using someone’s identity to open a line of credit or get cash as well.
Sentence for Identity Theft in Johnstown and Berthoud
In Greeley, Johnstown and Berthoud, Identity Theft is a class 4 felony, punishable by 2 to 6 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and up to $500,000 in fines.
If you or a loved one has been charged with Identity Theft, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009.
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