(a)(1) A person commits the offense of criminal simulation who, with intent to defraud or harm another: (A) Makes or alters an object, in whole or in part, so that it appears to have value because of age, antiquity, rarity, source or authorship that it does not have;(B) Possesses an object so made or altered, with intent to sell, pass or otherwise utter it; or(C) Authenticates or certifies an object so made or altered as genuine or as different from what it is.(2) A person commits the offense of criminal simulation who, with knowledge of its character, possesses: (A) Any machinery, plates or other contrivances designed to produce instruments reporting to be credit or debit cards of an issuer who had not consented to the preparation of the cards; or(B) Any instrument, apparatus or contrivance designed, adapted or used for commission of any theft of property or services by fraudulent means.(b) Criminal simulation is punishable as theft pursuant to § 39-14-105, but in no event shall criminal simulation be less than a Class E felony.Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 2009, ch. 408, § 1.
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