“A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for certain cases of gift card fraud, and for other purposes.”
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This section expands the definition of access devices in 18 U.S.C. 1029 to include gift cards, passwords, cryptographic keys, digital asset private keys, and other physical or digital credentials. It adds a new prohibition on soliciting persons to directly or indirectly obtain access devices through websites that collect such information. It increases maximum prison terms for violations to 20 years (from 10), 25 years (from 15), and 30 years (from 20), and adds new maximum terms of 25 years for offenses involving more than 500 counterfeit or unauthorized devices and 30 years for more than 1,000 such devices. It establishes a new offense imposing a mandatory consecutive 2-year sentence for covered fraud felonies committed knowingly against victims over age 60. It also includes gift cards as monetary instruments under 18 U.S.C. 1956.