CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNAUTHORIZED USE OF FOOD STAMPS, ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER CARDS, AND ENERGY
ASSISTANCE PROHIBITED; PENALTIES (§ 63.2-523)

Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud transfers, acquires, alters,
traffics in or uses, or aids or abets another person in transferring, acquiring,
altering, trafficking in, using, or possessing food stamps, electronic benefit
transfer cards or other devices subject to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
regulations regarding Electronic Fund Transfers, 12 C.F.R. § 1005.1 et seq., or
benefits from energy assistance programs, or possesses food coupons,
authorization to purchase cards, electronic benefit transfer cards or other
devices subject to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulations regarding
Electronic Fund Transfers, 12 C.F.R. § 1005.1 et seq., or benefits from energy
assistance programs in any manner not authorized by law is guilty of larceny.A
violation of this section may be prosecuted either in the county or city where
the public assistance was granted or in the county or city where the violation
occurred.

HISTORY: 1975, c. 388, § 63.1-124.1; 1978, c. 731; 1984, c. 535; 1994, c. 249;
2002, c. 747; 2016, c. 501.