Walk It Through: The Strange Account
Identity fraud, a card skimmer, and restitution that can cover credit repair, lost wages and attorney's fees.
A server's card numbers are used to open accounts after a night out.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One server and one skimmer. Credit freezes, civil suits, and the house of correction sentence in practice are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.