Whoever commits credit card fraud in any of the following circumstances, if the amount is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan; If the amount is especially huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan, or his property shall be confiscated: (1) using a forged credit card or using a credit card fraudulently obtained with false identification; (2) Using an invalid credit card; (3) Fraudulent use of another person's credit card; (4) malicious overdraft. The term "malicious overdraft" as mentioned in the preceding paragraph refers to the behavior that the cardholder overdraws beyond the prescribed limit or time limit for the purpose of illegal possession, and refuses to return it after being urged by the 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. Using forged credit cards, credit cards fraudulently obtained with false identification, invalid credit cards or fraudulent use of other people's credit cards to engage in credit card fraud activities, the amount of which is more than 5,000 yuan but less than 50,000 yuan, shall be deemed as "a large amount" as stipulated in Article 196 of the Criminal Law; If the amount is more than 50,000 yuan but less than 500,000 yuan, it shall be deemed that the amount stipulated in Article 196 of the Criminal Law is huge; If the amount is more than 500,000 yuan, it shall be deemed that the amount stipulated in Article 196 of the Criminal Law is extremely huge. The term "fraudulently using another person's credit card" as mentioned in Item (3) of Paragraph 1 of Article 196 of the Criminal Law includes the following situations: (1) Picking up another person's credit card and using it; (2) defrauding others of their credit cards and using them; (three) stealing, buying, defrauding or other illegal means to obtain other people's credit card information and use it through the Internet, communication terminals, etc. ; (four) other circumstances of fraudulent use of other people's credit cards.

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Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 196 Whoever commits credit card fraud under any of the following circumstances, if the amount is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan or confiscated property:

(a) using a forged credit card, or using a credit card fraudulently obtained with a false identity certificate;

(2) Using an invalid credit card;

(3) Fraudulent use of another person's credit card;

(4) malicious overdraft.

The term "malicious overdraft" as mentioned in the preceding paragraph refers to the behavior that the cardholder overdraws beyond the prescribed limit or time limit for the purpose of illegal possession, and refuses to return it after being urged by the 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. "