There are times when we could all use a little extra money. Adding an additional line of credit to our lives seems like a good way to get it. The problem is that if you\u2019re already overstretched, the credit card companies will likely reject your application. This can prompt some of us to consider providing false credit card information.<\/p>\n
Before you start to provide someone with false credit card information<\/em> you should know about Penal Code 484f PC<\/strong>. This is the law that outlines the consequences of providing false credit card information in California<\/em>.<\/p>\n The law states: \u201c(a) Every person who, with the intent to defraud, designs, makes, alters, or embosses a counterfeit access card or utters or otherwise attempts to use a counterfeit access card is guilty of forgery.<\/p>\n (b) A person other than the cardholder or a person authorized by him or her who, with the intent to defraud, signs the name of another or of a fictitious person to an access card, sales slip, sales draft, or instrument for the payment of money which evidences an access card transaction, is guilty of forgery.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n If you think providing false credit card information is something that only happens when people lie on credit card applications, you\u2019re wrong. While there are lots of people who do lie when they apply for credit cards, there are many different ways a person can violate the law. <\/p>\n Examples of providing false credit card information include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n