U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer  subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Mandelbaum                           Frank
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

246 Crossways Park West
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                                    (Street)

Woodbury                            New York             11797
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)

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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

                            Intelli-Check, Inc. (IDN)
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)

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4.   Statement for Month/Year

December 16, 2002
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [X]  Director                             [X]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [ ]  Other (specify below)

Title if applicable:   Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [ ]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                               6.
                                                                 4.                              5.            Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A)         Amount of     ship
                                                    3.           or Disposed of (D)              Securities    Form:     7.
                                                    Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially  Direct    Nature of
                                      2.            Code         ------------------------------  Owned at End  (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    Transaction   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             of Month      Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Date          ------------   Amount        or     Price    (Instr. 3     (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                            (mm/dd/yy)     Code     V                  (D)             and 4)        (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, $.01 par value          12/16/02        G       V     3,000         D
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                                                                                                   525,300        D
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                                                                                                    24,900        I**


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 *These sales were made by Prudential Securities Incorporated as Pledgee of Mr. Mandelbaum's shares.
**These shares are owned by Mr. Mandelbaum's spouse.  Mr. Mandelbaum disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.




FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)


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                                                                                                                    10.
                                                                                                          9.        Owner-
                                                                                                          Number    ship
                                                                                                          of        Form
                    2.                                                                                    Deriv-    of
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature
                    or                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ities     Secur-   of
                    Exer-             4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Bene-     ity:     In-
                    cise     3.       Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       ficially  Direct   direct
                    Price    Trans-   action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.                  of       action   Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    at End    In-      ficial
Title of            Deriv-   Date     (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   of        direct   Owner-
Derivative          ative    (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      Month     (I)      ship
Security            Secur-   Day/     ------   ----------    Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    Code  V  A       D     cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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Rights+                     12/16/02   D    V          300

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Option                                                                           Common
(Right to Buy)      $12.10  02/01/02   A       350,000        **       02/01/07  Stock   350,000
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                                                                                 Common
Rights*             $8.50   12/13/01   A         2,490        Current  04/04/03  Stock     2,490
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Option                                                                           Common
(Right to Buy)      $3.00              A        25,000        01/01/02 01/01/05  Stock    25,000
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Rights              $8.50   12/13/01   A        58,000        Current  04/04/03  Common   58,000
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                                                                                 Common
Rights              $8.50   10/05/01   A        44,100++      Current  04/04/03  Stock    44,100++
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Option                                                                           Common
(Right to Buy)      $3.00              A        25,000        01/01/01 01/01/05  Stock    25,000
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Option                                                                           Common
(Right to Buy)      $3.00              A        25,000        01/01/00 01/01/05  Stock    25,000
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Option                                                                           Common
(Right to Buy)      $3.00              A        50,000        Current  09/04/03  Stock    50,000
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Option                                                                           Common
(Right to Buy)      $3.00              A       375,000        Current  07/15/04  Stock   375,000

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                                                                                                            2,490* I
                                                                                                          952,100  D
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Explanation  of  Responses:

*   These  rights attach  the  shares  owned  by  Mr.  Mandelbaum's spouse. Mr.
    Mandelbaum  disclaims  beneficial  ownership of these rights and the shares
    underlying them. Upon a transfer of shares to which the rights are no longer
    exercisable.

**  Of  these options, 125,000 which were granted pursuant to the Issuer's 2001
    Stock  Option  Plan  are  immediately exercisable. Of the remaining 225,000
    options,  which  are  non-plan  options,  an additional 75,000 options will
    become  exercisable  on  December  31  of  each of the 2002, 2003 and 2004.

***  Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations.  See  18  U.S.C.  1001  and  15  U.S.C.  78ff(a).

                               By:  /s/ Frank Mandelbaum                      Jan. 2, 2003
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                                    ***Signature of Reporting Person              Date
                                    Frank Mandelbaum


+The  disposal  of  these  rights  was  due  to  sales  of  shares by prudential
Securities  Incorporated  as  Pledgee  of  Mr.  Mandelbaum's  shares.
++ The deduction of 200 Rights due to sales on September 17 and September 18
   were inadvertently omitted.
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