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Carding (Fraud)

Cyber and Technology-Enabled Offenses

Carding is the trafficking and unauthorized use of stolen credit cards or credit card numbers. Stolen card data is typically used to purchase prepaid gift cards or other goods that can be resold, a step intended to cover the trail back to the original theft. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Serious or Indictable Offense 1
Sources
1. Carding (fraud) (Wikipedia)
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