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Idaho Code § 18-3125 (2026)
Criminal possession of financial transaction card, financial transaction number and FTC forgery devices.
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Criminal possession of financial transaction card, financial transaction number and FTC forgery devices.
It is a felony punishable as provided in subsection (3) of section 18-3128, Idaho Code, for any person:
(1) To acquire an FTC or FTC number from another without the consent of the card holder or the issuer with the intent to use to defraud, or to, with the knowledge that it has been so acquired, receive an FTC or FTC number with the intent to use to defraud, or to sell, or to transfer the FTC or FTC number to another person with the knowledge that it is to be used to defraud;
(2) To acquire an FTC or FTC number that he knows to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity or address of the card holder, and to retain possession with the intent to use to defraud or to sell or transfer to another person with the knowledge that it is to be used to defraud;
(3) To, with the intent to defraud, knowingly possess a false, fictitious, counterfeit, revoked, expired or fraudulently obtained FTC or any FTC account number;
(4) To, with the intent to defraud, knowingly obtain or attempt to obtain credit or purchase or attempt to purchase any goods, property or service, by use of any false, fictitious, counterfeit, revoked, expired or fraudulently obtained FTC or FTC account number;
(5) To, with the intent to defraud, knowingly produce to another person or procure, a false, fictitious, counterfeit, revoked, expired or fraudulently obtained FTC or any FTC account number;
(6) To, with the intent to defraud and while making an application for an FTC to an issuer, knowingly make or cause to be made, a false written or oral statement or representation respecting his name, personal identifying information, occupation, financial condition, assets, or to materially undervalue any indebtedness for the purpose of influencing the issuer to issue an FTC.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 40
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2010–2026 · leading case: State v. James Darnell Black, 392 P.3d 45 (Idaho Ct. App. 2017).
State v. James Darnell Black, 392 P.3d 45 (Idaho Ct. App. 2017). “The State charged Black with five counts of grand theft by possession of stolen property, Idaho Code §§ 18-2403 (4), 18-2407(1), 18-2409, and five counts of criminal possession of a financial transaction card, I.C. §§ 18-3125, 18-3128. The State also filed an information…”
State v. Toby Glenn Weatherly, 371 P.3d 815 (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). “I.C. § 18-3125(1). As illustrated below, the intent element of each crime is different.”
State v. Roderick R. Mangum, 291 P.3d 44 (Idaho Ct. App. 2012). “§ 18-3123; three counts of criminal possession of a financial card, I.C. §§ 18-3125(3), 18-204; and one count of misappropriation of personal identifying information, I.”
State v. Coats, 444 P.3d 895 (Idaho 2019). “00 to Mountain American Credit Union on June 29, 2015; Count 7: Criminal possession of a financial transaction card ( I.C. §§ 18-3125(4), -3128) for knowingly obtaining goods and/or property from Walmart by using a fraudulently obtained financial transaction card on or between…”
State v. Ana Giselle Herreman-Garcia, 377 P.3d 1105 (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). “Herreman-Garcia was also charged with criminal possession of a financial transaction card, I.C. §§ 18-3125, -3128, which was dismissed prior to trial.”
State v. Coats (Idaho Ct. App. 2018). “” Coats was not charged under Idaho Code § 18-3124 , fraudulent use of a financial transaction card, but rather he was charged under I.C. § 18-3125(4), criminal possession of a financial transaction card.”
State v. Black (Idaho Ct. App. 2018). “Pursuant to a plea agreement, Black pled guilty to one count of criminal possession of a financial transaction card, I.C. §§ 18-3125, 18-3128. In exchange, the State dismissed the remaining charges against Black.”
State v. Coats (Idaho 2019). “00 to Mountain American Credit Union on June 29, 2015; Count 7: Criminal possession of a financial transaction card (I.C. §§ 18-3125(4), -3128) for knowingly obtaining goods and/or property from Walmart by using a fraudulently obtained financial transaction card on or between…”
State v. Gayle Keith Wesling (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). “________________________________________________ Before MELANSON, Chief Judge; GUTIERREZ, Judge; and HUSKEY, Judge ________________________________________________ PER CURIAM Gayle Keith Wesling pled guilty to one count of grand theft, Idaho Code §§ 18-2403 (1), 18-2407(1)(b),…”
State v. Jimmy D. Leytham (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). “§ 18-3601, and possession of a financial transaction card, I.C. § 18-3125 and 18-3128. The district court sentenced Leytham to a unified term of ten years, with a minimum period of confinement of five years, for forgery and a consecutive unified term of five years for possession…”
State v. Shawn Lee Goldenstein (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). “I.C. § 18-3125(4). The district court sentenced Goldenstein to a unified term of five years, with a minimum period of confinement of four years.”
State v. Matthew J. Montgomery (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). “Idaho Code § 18-3125 . The district court withheld judgment and placed Montgomery on supervised probation for five years.”
— Idaho Code § 18-3125(1) — 2 cases
State v. Toby Glenn Weatherly, 371 P.3d 815 (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). “I.C. § 18-3125(1). As illustrated below, the intent element of each crime is different.”
State v. Timothy Stephens Zolber (Idaho Ct. App. 2017).
— Idaho Code § 18-3125(3) — 1 case
State v. Roderick R. Mangum, 291 P.3d 44 (Idaho Ct. App. 2012). “§ 18-3123; three counts of criminal possession of a financial card, I.C. §§ 18-3125(3), 18-204; and one count of misappropriation of personal identifying information, I.”
— Idaho Code § 18-3125(4) — 8 cases
State v. Coats, 444 P.3d 895 (Idaho 2019). “00 to Mountain American Credit Union on June 29, 2015; Count 7: Criminal possession of a financial transaction card ( I.C. §§ 18-3125(4), -3128) for knowingly obtaining goods and/or property from Walmart by using a fraudulently obtained financial transaction card on or between…”
State v. Coats (Idaho Ct. App. 2018). “” Coats was not charged under Idaho Code § 18-3124 , fraudulent use of a financial transaction card, but rather he was charged under I.C. § 18-3125(4), criminal possession of a financial transaction card.”
State v. Coats (Idaho 2019). “00 to Mountain American Credit Union on June 29, 2015; Count 7: Criminal possession of a financial transaction card (I.C. §§ 18-3125(4), -3128) for knowingly obtaining goods and/or property from Walmart by using a fraudulently obtained financial transaction card on or between…”
State v. Shawn Lee Goldenstein (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). “I.C. § 18-3125(4). The district court sentenced Goldenstein to a unified term of five years, with a minimum period of confinement of four years.”
State v. Brian K. Roberts (Idaho Ct. App. 2017).
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