Traduction de «Fraudulent cheque » (Anglais → Français) :

This is directly in contravention to what's happening in the U.S., where the universal commercial code requires that all cheque issuers put as many fraud features as possible on their cheques or they risk liability should a fraudulent cheque be passed.

The banks are responding to this by attempting to reduce their liability for fraudulent cheques by not accepting responsibility for checking any feature on a cheque not detailed in their contract with their clients.

Seven Member States provide for maximum penalties of imprisonment for Article 2 offences: AT provides for a maximum of five years for counterfeiting, receiving and fraudulent use; CY provides for a maximum of 14 years for counterfeiting payment instruments and seven years for using and acquiring them; DK a maximum of six years for counterfeiting and theft of payment instruments and 18 months for using them; LV ten years for the theft, acquisition and destruction of payment instruments and between 3 and 15 years for counterfeiting, fraudulent use and use of false payment instruments; LT a maximum of six years for using false instrumen ...[+++]ts; NL seven years; PT penalises the acquisition of false payment instruments with three years’ imprisonment, currency trafficking with a maximum of five years, using falsified bearer cheques with six months to five years and falsification with three years (minimum) to twelve years (maximum); in SE there is a maximum of ten years for theft, falsification and receiving, only if the offence is serious (“gross”).

Seven Member States provide for maximum penalties of imprisonment for Article 2 offences: AT provides for a maximum of five years for counterfeiting, receiving and fraudulent use; CY provides for a maximum of 14 years for counterfeiting payment instruments and seven years for using and acquiring them; DK a maximum of six years for counterfeiting and theft of payment instruments and 18 months for using them; LV ten years for the theft, acquisition and destruction of payment instruments and between 3 and 15 years for counterfeiting, fraudulent use and use of false payment instruments; LT a maximum of six years for using false instrumen ...[+++]ts; NL seven years; PT penalises the acquisition of false payment instruments with three years’ imprisonment, currency trafficking with a maximum of five years, using falsified bearer cheques with six months to five years and falsification with three years (minimum) to twelve years (maximum); in SE there is a maximum of ten years for theft, falsification and receiving, only if the offence is serious (“gross”).

(a) "Payment instrument" shall mean a corporeal instrument, other than legal tender (bank notes and coins), enabling, by its specific nature, alone or in conjunction with another (payment) instrument, the holder or user to transfer money or monetary value, as for example credit cards, eurocheque cards, other cards issued by financial institutions, travellers' cheques, eurocheques, other cheques and bills of exchange, which is protected against imitation or fraudulent use, for example through design, coding or signature.

(a) "Payment instrument" shall mean a corporeal instrument, other than legal tender (bank notes and coins), enabling, by its specific nature, alone or in conjunction with another (payment) instrument, the holder or user to transfer money or monetary value, as for example credit cards, eurocheque cards, other cards issued by financial institutions, travellers' cheques, eurocheques, other cheques and bills of exchange, which is protected against imitation or fraudulent use, for example through design, coding or signature;