DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Crim. No. 11.903A(b)
Reencoder and Scanning Devices[Reencoder]
REENCODER AND SCANNING DEVICES
In order to find Defendant guilty of Unlawful Use of a Reencoder or Scanning
Device, you must find the State has proved the following three (3) elements beyond a
reasonable doubt:
(1) Defendant possessed or used a reencoder to place encoded information on
the computer chip or magnetic strip of a payment card without permission; and
(2) Defendant intended to defraud; and
(3) Defendant acted intentionally or knowingly.
“Defraud” means to acquire a gain or advantage by fraud.
“Fraud” means an intentional perversion, misrepresentation or concealment of
truth.
“Intentionally” means it was Defendant’s conscious objective or purpose to
possess or use the scanning device
“Knowingly” means Defendant was aware Defendant possessed or used the
scanning device.
“Reencoder” means n electronic device that placed encoded information from
the computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card onto the computer
chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a different payment card or electronic medium that
allows an authorized transaction to occur.
“Payment Card” means a credit card, debit card, or any other card that is issued
to an authorized user and that allows the user to obtain, purchase, or receive goods,
services, money, or anything else of value.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- crim-2022-03-14
- Content hash
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