Is this theft?

[Daniel_Lysinger]

Of course it’s theft. “Mick” is taking money from “Keith” without “Keith’s” consent or knowledge. That’s the very definition of theft.

I disagree. First of all, that is not the definition of theft. Theft is defined far better in the catechism. To sum up this definition, theft is the taking of something without the consent or reasonable assumption of consent of the owner (stealing from a store during a hurricane is not theft, for example).

While I dislike the situation, I think that although loading up the card is not theft, the recovery of the loaned money should be approached from a different perspective. The one in debt should make an agreement in private with the loaner. If this cannot be achieved, court is the next reasonable option (if the one who owes the money has it to repay).