Credit Card Fraud Act of 1984

Citation
Credit Card Fraud Act of 1984, codified at 18 U.S.C. §1029.

Overview
This law was enacted primarily to control credit card fraud and credit card counterfeiting. Because the definition of credit card is broad, the law covers many computer-related offenses. The objects of the offenses are "access devices," which are defined as

"any card, plate, code, account number, or other means of account access that can be used alone or in conjunction with another access device, to obtain money, goods, services, or any other thing of value or that can be used solely to initiate a transfer of funds (other than a transfer originated solely by paper instrument)."