NIBRS Tip: Property Description for Credit Card/ATM Farud

NIBRS Tip: Property Description for Credit Card/ATM Farud

What property loss and description should be reported for the offense of Credit Card/ATM Fraud?

As stated in the FBI NIBRS User Manual: Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine
Fraud “...does not apply to the theft of a credit/debit card but rather its fraudulent use.”

Fraud is the offense when something is achieved through deceit or lying; Larceny/Theft
is the physical taking of something. An incident may include both the theft of the credit/debit
card as well as the fraudulent use of the card.

The Credit Card/ATM Fraud offense should not include the credit or debit card as stolen property in the
property description: only list the property taken as a result of the Fraud.

Property Loss = Stolen/Etc. (which includes Defrauded)
Property Description = Money or other item received through the Fraud

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