Las Vegas Criminal Defense Blog

This month police arrested a fifty-three year old man for allegedly violating Nevada credit card fraud law. He allegedly installed credit card skimming devices in at least three stores in Las Vegas in order to gather others' credit card information. Police believe that he will face more charges as their investigation continues.

Nevada credit card fraud law is a kind of white collar offense. Common examples include buying goods with a lost or stolen credit card, counterfeiting credit cards, trafficking credit cards, and possessing materials to manufacture fake credit cards. Having a credit card fraud conviction on your record looks very bad and may cause future employers not to hire you.

Nevada credit card fraud law is usually litigated in federal court. Convictions may result in prison sentences as high as ten to twenty years if not more. The sentence usually includes restitution and fines as well.

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Yesterday, North Las Vegas police officer Benjamin Cordova was arrested and taken to the North Las Vegas Jail for three felony counts of credit card fraud and three felony counts of receiving property obtained by unlawful use of a credit card.

Prior to his booking at the North Las Vegas Jail, North Las Vegas detectives conducted a week-long criminal investigation following internal complaints about a department credit card that had gone missing. According to the criminal complaint, Cordova allegedly used the credit card to make personal purchases on three or more different occasions.

Cordova, who has been with the North Las Vegas police department for six years, is now on administrative leave.