In a 2 page paper, please discuss the following: Assume a person accidentally picks up a credit card that is not theirs and uses the card in several instances. Can the person be charged with multiple...

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Criminal law
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Advancement of technology has brought both benefits and risks to everyone; one such
issue is the concerns related to credit cards. Increasing credit card theft is a matter of concern
and needs to be controlled. Identity theft is a crime of using someone else’s personal
information; it can be done for use of financial gain (for example credit card theft) (Pryor,
2000).
It is considered to be an act of fraud if any person uses another person’s credit card
without taking permission of the actual card holder knowingly or unknowingly; title 18 of the
criminal law under the state act deals with the information in regard to credit card fraud.
Major question that will be discussed in this section is in regards to multiple usage of a single
credit card.
The given scenario will be analyzed with the help of a reference case law State v.
Leyda; in this case the appellant Steven Leyda and his girlfriend have used a single theft
credit card for four time on different days; they have successfully used the card for tree times
and got arrested in the fourth times. In the given case, Steven...