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720 ILCS 5/17-41

    (720 ILCS 5/17-41)
    Sec. 17-41. Altered or counterfeited card.

(a) A person commits an offense under this Section when he or she, with intent to defraud either a purported issuer, or a
person providing an item or items of
value, or any other person, commits an offense under this Section if he or she: (i) alters a credit card or debit card or a
purported credit card or debit
card, or possesses a credit card or debit card or a purported credit card or debit
card with knowledge
that the same has been altered; or (ii) counterfeits a purported credit card or debit
card, or possesses a purported credit card or debit card with knowledge
that the card has been counterfeited.

(b) Sentence. A violation of item (i) of subsection (a) is a Class 4 felony.
A violation of item (ii) of subsection (a) is a Class 3 felony.
The trier of fact may infer that
possession of 2 or more credit cards or debit cards by a person other than the issuer
in violation of subsection (a) is evidence that the person intended to
defraud or that he or she knew the credit cards or debit cards to have been so altered or counterfeited.

(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)