If criminals steal other people’s credit cards and reach a certain amount, they will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and they will also be fined from 20,000 yuan to 200,000 yuan. If the amount of stolen credit cards is too large or the circumstances are relatively serious, the person will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, and a fine of RMB 50,000 to RMB 500,000 will be imposed.

1. How long is the sentence for stealing foreign credit cards?

Article 196 of the "Criminal Law", under one of the following circumstances, credit card fraud is carried out, and the amount is relatively large , shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and a fine of not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan; if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, the sentence shall be not less than five years but not more than 10 years of fixed-term imprisonment and a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan. A fine of not more than 10,000 yuan; if the amount is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, the sentence is to be not less than 10 years in prison or life imprisonment, and a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan, or confiscation of property:

( 1) Using a forged credit card, or using a credit card fraudulently obtained with false identification;

(2) Using an expired credit card;

(3) Pretending to use another person’s credit card ;

(4) Malicious overdraft.

The term "malicious overdraft" as mentioned in the preceding paragraph refers to the cardholder's behavior of overdrafting beyond the prescribed limit or within the prescribed period for the purpose of illegal possession and failing to return the card after being called upon by the card-issuing bank.

Whoever steals a credit card and uses it shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 264 of this Law.

2. The basis for the sentence of several years for theft of foreign credit cards:

1. Article 196 of the "Criminal Law", the crime of credit card fraud and theft of stealing and using a credit card , convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 264 of this Law. ”

2. Article 264 of the "Criminal Law": Whoever commits the crime of stealing public or private property in a relatively large amount, or who commits multiple thefts, burglaries, thefts with weapons, or pickpocketing shall be punished with a three-year fine. fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than 10 years, and concurrently or solely a fine; where the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, the sentence is to be not less than three years but not more than 10 years of fixed-term imprisonment, and a fine; where the amount is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or have property confiscated.

3. Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Applicable in Handling Criminal Cases of Theft

Art. Article 1. Theft of public or private property worth one thousand yuan to more than three thousand yuan, thirty thousand yuan to more than one hundred thousand yuan, or three hundred thousand yuan to more than five hundred thousand yuan shall be deemed as stipulated in Article 264 of the Criminal Law respectively. The higher people's courts and people's procuratorates of each province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government may, based on the economic development conditions of the region and taking into account the social security situation, set the amount within the range specified in the preceding paragraph. Within the period, the specific amount standard for implementation in the region shall be determined and submitted to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.

4. Article 264 of the "Criminal Law", the crime of theft involves theft of public and private property, and the amount is relatively large. Whoever commits multiple thefts, burglaries, thefts with weapons, or pickpockets shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or public surveillance, and shall also or solely be fined; if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to not less than three years and ten years. If the amount is extremely large or there are other particularly serious circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or have property confiscated.

It is also necessary to use credit cards. Pay attention to card security issues. If there are criminals who forge or steal other people's credit cards and violate credit card management regulations to conduct fraudulent activities, they will also cause certain harm to the property safety of other citizens. Therefore, after discovering such After committing the crime, be sure to keep relevant evidence and report the crime to the local public security department in a timely manner