Joe and Karen both work in the Grantham County prosecutor’s office. Grantham County is in the State of Washington. Joe and Karen both bank at the Washington State Employees Credit Union and Joe and Karen each have credit cards from the Washington State Employees Credit Union that are identical other than the credit card number and name on the card. One day, Joe and Karen go to lunch together. When the waiter brings their bills, they each hand the waiter their credit cards. When the waiter returns, he accidentally hands Karen Joe’s care and hands Joe Karen’s card. Neither Joe nor Karen notices the mistake. After lunch, Joe goes to the gas station and fills up his car with gas. He pays at the pump and uses Karen’s card without realizing that it is not his card. Karen goes to the mall to buy some shoes. She pays for the shoes with Joe’s card and does not notice that it is not her card until she is leaving the store when she looks at it and realizes that she has Joe’s card, not her own card. Instead of going back into the store and returning the shoes, she goes next door to Macy’s and buys a dress using Joe’s card, then she goes to two more stores and buys merchandise with Joe’s card. She figures that Joe makes a lot more than her and he will probably never notice the charges. Assume that the Identity Theft statute for the State of Washington is as follows: No person may knowingly obtain, possess, use, or transfer a means of identification or financial information of another person, living or dead, with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, any crime. The term "means of identification or financial information" includes credit cards and credit card numbers.
Can Joe be charged with violating the State of Washington identity theft statute? Why or Why Not?