Chapter 720 — CRIMINAL OFFENSES

(720 ILCS 5/17-3.5) Sec. 17-3.5. Deceptive sale of gold or silver. (a) Whoever makes for sale, or sells, or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his or her possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article or articles construed in whole or in part, of gold or any alloy…

(720 ILCS 5/17-30) (was 720 ILCS 5/16C-2) Sec. 17-30. Defaced, altered, or removed manufacturer or owner identification number. (a) Unlawful sale of household appliances. A person commits unlawful sale of household appliances when he or she knowingly, with the intent to defraud o…

(720 ILCS 5/17-31) Sec. 17-31. False statement to procure credit or debit card. A person commits false statement to procure credit or debit card when he or she makes or causes to be made, either directly or indirectly, any false statement in writing, knowing it to be false and wi…

(720 ILCS 5/17-32) Sec. 17-32. Possession of another's credit, debit, or identification card. (a) Possession of another's identification card. A person commits possession of another's identification card when he or she, with the intent to defraud, possesses any check guarantee ca…

(720 ILCS 5/17-33) Sec. 17-33. Possession of lost or mislaid credit or debit card. A person who receives a credit card or debit card that he or she knows to have been lost or mislaid and who retains possession with intent to use it or to sell it or to transfer it to a person othe…

(720 ILCS 5/17-34) Sec. 17-34. Sale of credit or debit card. A person other than the issuer who sells a credit card or debit card, without the consent of the issuer, is guilty of a Class 4 felony. A person who knowingly purchases a credit card or debit card from a person other th…

(720 ILCS 5/17-35) Sec. 17-35. Use of credit or debit card as security for debt. A person who, with intent to defraud either the issuer, or a person providing an item or items of value, or any other person, obtains control over a credit card or debit card as security for debt or …

(720 ILCS 5/17-36) Sec. 17-36. Use of counterfeited, forged, expired, revoked, or unissued credit or debit card. A person who, with intent to defraud either the issuer, or a person providing an item or items of value, or any other person, (i) uses, with the intent to obtain an it…

(720 ILCS 5/17-37) Sec. 17-37. Use of credit or debit card with intent to defraud. (a) A cardholder who uses a credit card or debit card issued to him or her, or allows another person to use a credit card or debit card issued to him or her, with intent to defraud the issuer, or a…

(720 ILCS 5/17-38) Sec. 17-38. Use of account number or code with intent to defraud; possession of record of charge forms. (a) A person who, with intent to defraud either an issuer, or a person providing an item or items of value, or any other person, utilizes an account number o…

(720 ILCS 5/17-39) Sec. 17-39. Receipt of goods or services. A person who receives an item or items of value obtained in violation of this Subdivision 25, knowing that it was so obtained or under such circumstances as would reasonably induce him or her to believe that it was so o…

(720 ILCS 5/17-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-4) Sec. 17-4. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 77-2638. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

(720 ILCS 5/17-40) Sec. 17-40. Signing another's card with intent to defraud. A person other than the cardholder or a person authorized by him or her who, with intent to defraud either the issuer, or a person providing an item or items of value, or any other person, signs a credi…

(720 ILCS 5/17-41) Sec. 17-41. Altered or counterfeited card. (a) A person commits an offense under this Section when he or she, with intent to defraud either a purported issuer, or a person providing an item or items of value, or any other person, commits an offense under this S…

(720 ILCS 5/17-42) Sec. 17-42. Possession of incomplete card. A person other than the cardholder possessing an incomplete credit card or debit card, with intent to complete it without the consent of the issuer or a person possessing, with knowledge of its character, machinery, pl…

(720 ILCS 5/17-43) Sec. 17-43. Prohibited deposits. (a) A person who, with intent to defraud the issuer of a credit card or debit card or any person providing an item or items of value, or any other person, deposits into his or her account or any account, via an electronic fund t…

(720 ILCS 5/17-44) Sec. 17-44. Fraudulent use of electronic transmission. (a) A person who, with intent to defraud the issuer of a credit card or debit card, the cardholder, or any other person, intercepts, taps, or alters electronic information between an electronic fund transfe…

(720 ILCS 5/17-45) Sec. 17-45. Payment of charges without furnishing item of value. (a) No person shall process, deposit, negotiate, or obtain payment of a credit card charge through a retail seller's account with a financial institution or through a retail seller's agreement wit…

(720 ILCS 5/17-46) Sec. 17-46. Furnishing items of value with intent to defraud. A person who is authorized by an issuer to furnish money, goods, property, services or anything else of value upon presentation of a credit card or debit card by the cardholder, or any agent or emplo…

(720 ILCS 5/17-47) Sec. 17-47. Failure to furnish items of value. A person who is authorized by an issuer to furnish money, goods, property, services or anything else of value upon presentation of a credit card or debit card by the cardholder, or any agent or employee of such per…

(720 ILCS 5/17-48) Sec. 17-48. Repeat offenses. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this Subdivision 25 is guilty of a Class 3 felony. For purposes of this Section, an offense is considered a second or subsequent offense if, prior to his or her conviction…

(720 ILCS 5/17-49) Sec. 17-49. Severability. If any provision of this Subdivision 25 or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Subdivision 25 which can be given effect without the in…

(720 ILCS 5/17-49.5) Sec. 17-49.5. Telephone Charge Fraud Act unaffected. Nothing contained in this Subdivision 25 shall be construed to repeal, amend, or otherwise affect the Telephone Charge Fraud Act. (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

(720 ILCS 5/17-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-5) Sec. 17-5. Deceptive collection practices. A collection agency as defined in the Collection Agency Act or any employee of such collection agency commits a deceptive collection practice when, with the intent to collect a debt owed to an i…

(720 ILCS 5/17-5.5) Sec. 17-5.5. Unlawful attempt to collect compensated debt against a crime victim. (a) A person or a vendor commits unlawful attempt to collect a compensated debt against a crime victim when, with intent to collect funds for a debt incurred by or on behalf of a…

(720 ILCS 5/17-5.7) Sec. 17-5.7. Deceptive advertising. (a) Any person, firm, corporation or association or agent or employee thereof, who, with intent to sell, purchase, or in any wise dispose of, or to contract with reference to merchandise, securities, real estate, service, em…

(720 ILCS 5/17-50) (was 720 ILCS 5/16D-5 and 5/16D-6) Sec. 17-50. Computer fraud. (a) A person commits computer fraud when he or she knowingly: (1) Accesses or causes to be accessed a computer or any part thereof, or a program or data, with the intent of devising or executing any…

(720 ILCS 5/17-51) (was 720 ILCS 5/16D-3) Sec. 17-51. Computer tampering. (a) A person commits computer tampering when he or she knowingly and without the authorization of a computer's owner or in excess of the authority granted to him or her: (1) Accesses or causes to be accesse…

(720 ILCS 5/17-52) (was 720 ILCS 5/16D-4) Sec. 17-52. Aggravated computer tampering. (a) A person commits aggravated computer tampering when he or she commits computer tampering as set forth in paragraph (a)(3) of Section 17-51 and he or she knowingly: (1) causes disruption of or…

(720 ILCS 5/17-52.5) (was 720 ILCS 5/16D-5.5) Sec. 17-52.5. Unlawful use of encryption. (a) For the purpose of this Section: "Computer" has the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 17-0.5. "Encryption" means the use of any protective or disruptive measure, including, without l…

(720 ILCS 5/17-54) (was 720 ILCS 5/16D-7) Sec. 17-54. Evidence of lack of authority. For the purposes of Sections 17-50 through 17-52, the trier of fact may infer that a person accessed a computer without the authorization of its owner or in excess of the authority granted if the…

(720 ILCS 5/17-55) Sec. 17-55. Definitions. For the purposes of this subdivision 30: In addition to its meaning as defined in Section 15-1 of this Code, "property" means: (1) electronic impulses; (2) electronically produced data; (3) confidential, copyrighted, or proprietary info…

(720 ILCS 5/17-56) (was 720 ILCS 5/16-1.3) Sec. 17-56. Financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability. (a) A person commits financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability when he or she stands in a position of trust or confide…

(720 ILCS 5/17-57) (was 720 ILCS 5/17-28) Sec. 17-57. Defrauding drug and alcohol screening tests. (a) It is unlawful for a person to: (1) manufacture, sell, give away, distribute, or market synthetic or human substances or other products in this State or transport urine into thi…

(720 ILCS 5/17-58) (was 720 ILCS 5/17-16) Sec. 17-58. Fraudulent production of infant. A person who fraudulently produces an infant, falsely pretending it to have been born of parents whose child would be entitled to a share of a personal estate, or to inherit real estate, with t…

(720 ILCS 5/17-59) (was 720 ILCS 5/39-1) Sec. 17-59. Criminal usury. (a) A person commits criminal usury when, in exchange for either a loan of money or other property or forbearance from the collection of such a loan, he or she knowingly contracts for or receives from an individ…

(720 ILCS 5/17-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-6) Sec. 17-6. State benefits fraud. (a) A person commits State benefits fraud when he or she obtains or attempts to obtain money or benefits from the State of Illinois, from any political subdivision thereof, or from any program funded or a…

(720 ILCS 5/17-6.3) Sec. 17-6.3. WIC fraud. (a) For the purposes of this Section, the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children administered by the Illinois Department of Public Health or Department of Human Services shall be referred to as "WIC". (b) A pe…

(720 ILCS 5/17-6.5) Sec. 17-6.5. Persons under deportation order; ineligibility for benefits. (a) An individual against whom a United States Immigration Judge has issued an order of deportation which has been affirmed by the Board of Immigration Review, as well as an individual w…

(720 ILCS 5/17-60) (was 720 ILCS 5/17-7) Sec. 17-60. Promotion of pyramid sales schemes. (a) A person who knowingly sells, offers to sell, or attempts to sell the right to participate in a pyramid sales scheme commits a Class A misdemeanor. (b) The term "pyramid sales scheme" mea…

(720 ILCS 5/17-61) Sec. 17-61. Unauthorized use of university stationery. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall use the official stationery or seal or a facsimile thereof, of any State supported university, college or other institution of higher education or any organization t…

(720 ILCS 5/17-62) Sec. 17-62. Unlawful possession of device for manufacturing a false universal price code label. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly possess a device the purpose of which is to manufacture a false, counterfeit, altered, or simulated universal price code lab…

(720 ILCS 5/17-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-7) (This Section was renumbered as Section 17-60 by P.A. 96-1551.) Sec. 17-7. (Renumbered). (Source: P.A. 83-808. Renumbered by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

(720 ILCS 5/17-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-8) Sec. 17-8. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-418. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

(720 ILCS 5/17-8.3) (was 720 ILCS 5/17-22) Sec. 17-8.3. False information on an application for employment with certain public or private agencies; use of false academic degree. (a) It is unlawful for an applicant for employment with a public or private agency that provides State…

(720 ILCS 5/17-8.5) Sec. 17-8.5. Fraud on a governmental entity. (a) Fraud on a governmental entity. A person commits fraud on a governmental entity when he or she knowingly obtains, attempts to obtain, or causes to be obtained, by deception, control over the property of any gove…

(720 ILCS 5/17-9) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-9) Sec. 17-9. Public aid wire and mail fraud. (a) Whoever knowingly (i) makes or transmits any communication by means of telephone, wire, radio, or television or (ii) places any communication with the United States Postal Service, or with a…

(720 ILCS 5/18-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 18-1) Sec. 18-1. Robbery; aggravated robbery. (a) Robbery. A person commits robbery when he or she knowingly takes property, except a motor vehicle covered by Section 18-3 or 18-4, from the person or presence of another by the use of force or …

(720 ILCS 5/18-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 18-2) Sec. 18-2. Armed robbery. (a) A person commits armed robbery when he or she violates Section 18-1; and (1) he or she carries on or about his or her person or is otherwise armed with a dangerous weapon other than a firearm; or (2) he or s…

(720 ILCS 5/18-3) Sec. 18-3. Vehicular hijacking. (a) A person commits vehicular hijacking when he or she knowingly takes a motor vehicle from the person or the immediate presence of another by the use of force or by threatening the imminent use of force. (b) Sentence. Vehicular …