Unsolicited Bank Credit Cards: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First Session on H.R. 12646 ... November 8 and 9, 1967

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968 - 135 páginas
Considers H.R. 12646 and related bills, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit unsolicited credit cards distribution and credit card fraud.

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Página 51 - Commission, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and. upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or both.
Página 49 - ... made to be issued by any incorporated bank or banking company, with intention to fill up and complete such blank and unfinished note or bill, or to permit, or cause, or procure the same to be filled up and completed in order to utter or pass the same, or to permit, or cause, or procure the same to be uttered or passed, to defraud any person, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one nor more than fourteen years.
Página 39 - Section 484e or a credit card which he knows is forged, expired or revoked, or (b) obtains money, goods, services or anything else of value by representing without the consent of the cardholder that he is the holder of a credit card or by representing that he is the holder of a credit card and such card has not in fact been issued, is guilty of theft.
Página 43 - If any such supplies, merchandise, repairs, or equipment shall not be reported, the master, conductor, or other person having charge of such vessel or vehicle shall be liable to a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500, or to imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
Página 75 - National banks are public institutions, and the purpose and effect of the statute is to protect their depositors and stockholders and the public from the hazards of contingent liabilities, attendant upon the assumption by the bank of the risk of loss by its customers, resulting from the permitted dealing in securities by the bank. The prohibition would be nullified and the evil sought to be avoided would persist, if, notwithstanding the illegality of the contract to repurchase, the buyer, upon tender...
Página 47 - Organization" Includes a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint or common Interest, or any other legal or commercial entity. (29) "Party", as distinct from "third party", means a person who has engaged in a transaction or made an agreement within this act. (30) "Person" includes an individual or an organization (See Section 1-102). (31) "Presumption
Página 40 - Keeping slot machines. Any person who has in his possession, or under his control, or who permits to be placed, maintained or kept in any room, space, inclosure or building, owned, leased or occupied by him, or under his management or control, any machine, apparatus or device, into which may be, or might have been, inserted any piece of money or other object, and from which, as a result...
Página 46 - ... shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Página 17 - ... in each district. The districts are distinguished by numbers, the following being a list of the districts and their respective central reserve cities: 1, Boston; 2, New York; 3, Philadelphia; 4, Cleveland ; 5, Richmond ; 6, Atlanta ; 7, Chicago ; 8, St, Louis ; 9, Minneapolis ; 10, Kansas City ; 11, Dallas; 12, San Francisco.
Página 51 - The presentation of an expired or revoked credit card for the purpose of obtaining credit or the privilege of making a deferred payment for the article or service purchased shall be prima facie evidence of knowledge that the credit card had expired or had been revoked, if the purchaser shall not have paid to the issuer of the credit card the total amount of the credit purchase within...

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