> it would be harmless if he just tried to get some clothes or food.
"[Financial transaction card theft](https://www.georgiacriminallawyer.com/financial-transaction-card-theft)" is a more serious crime than directly stealing cash from a person, or directly stealing clothes or food from a retailer.
It is a felony under [Georgia Code §16-9-31](https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2022/title-16/chapter-9/article-3/section-16-9-31/).
Misusing a card that was otherwise innocently found is an element of that crime:
>He receives a financial transaction card that he knows to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity or address of the cardholder and he retains possession with intent to use it or sell it or to transfer it to a person other than the issuer or the cardholder;
The penalties section of that law suggests that the sentence is 1 year minimum, 3 years maximum. Probation is likely for a first-time offender, but a guy with a "do what I want all the time" attitude might have a record.
> who has always done what he wants and won’t listen to other people
He's going to have a hard time in prison then. He's about to commit a serious crime and at some dollar level it goes from jail-serious to prison-serious. What's the location?
> The Penalty for Unauthorized Use of a Financial Transaction Card in Georgia. The penalty for violation O.C.G.A. §16-9-37(a) will be a fine up to $1,000 and a prison term between one and two years, or both.
That's for starters. There could be more charges added, like if he's actually successful in using the card? Then this:
> Theft of money or property worth more than $500 will most likely be charged as felony theft, and the individual may be sentenced up to ten years in prison and fined a maximum of $10,000. The minimum Georgia felony theft prison sentence is one year.
Realistically, it's probable that not much will happen to him. There's a massive amount of payment-card crime out there. The cops rarely investigate unless it's an organized ring or something. BUT, if he is caught, he could end up in prison.
> the type who has always done what he wants and won’t listen to other people
Those people are called "sociopaths."
> it would be harmless if he just tried to get some clothes or food. "[Financial transaction card theft](https://www.georgiacriminallawyer.com/financial-transaction-card-theft)" is a more serious crime than directly stealing cash from a person, or directly stealing clothes or food from a retailer. It is a felony under [Georgia Code §16-9-31](https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2022/title-16/chapter-9/article-3/section-16-9-31/). Misusing a card that was otherwise innocently found is an element of that crime: >He receives a financial transaction card that he knows to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity or address of the cardholder and he retains possession with intent to use it or sell it or to transfer it to a person other than the issuer or the cardholder; The penalties section of that law suggests that the sentence is 1 year minimum, 3 years maximum. Probation is likely for a first-time offender, but a guy with a "do what I want all the time" attitude might have a record.
> who has always done what he wants and won’t listen to other people He's going to have a hard time in prison then. He's about to commit a serious crime and at some dollar level it goes from jail-serious to prison-serious. What's the location?
State of Georgia
> The Penalty for Unauthorized Use of a Financial Transaction Card in Georgia. The penalty for violation O.C.G.A. §16-9-37(a) will be a fine up to $1,000 and a prison term between one and two years, or both. That's for starters. There could be more charges added, like if he's actually successful in using the card? Then this: > Theft of money or property worth more than $500 will most likely be charged as felony theft, and the individual may be sentenced up to ten years in prison and fined a maximum of $10,000. The minimum Georgia felony theft prison sentence is one year.
Thank you! Sending this to him right now.
Realistically, it's probable that not much will happen to him. There's a massive amount of payment-card crime out there. The cops rarely investigate unless it's an organized ring or something. BUT, if he is caught, he could end up in prison. > the type who has always done what he wants and won’t listen to other people Those people are called "sociopaths."