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Lawmakers propose card skimmer crackdown
By: Associated Press//March 9, 2017//
Listen to this articleMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican legislators have introduced a bill that would criminalize using credit card skimmers to steal people’s identities.
A credit card skimmer is an electronic device that can be attached to a card reader on a gas pump or ATM to secretly collect credit card information.
Sen. Robert Cowles and Rep. Rob Summerfield introduced a bill Thursday that would make possessing a skimmer with intent to commit identity theft punishable by up to 42 months in prison. Possessing a skimmer with intent to give it to someone for identity theft and attempting to use a skimmer for identity theft would both be punishable by up to six years in prison.
Gaining something of value through a skimmer would be punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
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