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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) No person may obtain or attempt to obtain, or cause to be disclosed or attempt to cause to be disclosed to any person, financial information from a financial information repository by knowingly:
(a) Making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation to an officer, employee, or agent of a financial information repository with the intent to deceive the officer, employee, or agent into relying on that statement or representation for the purpose of releasing financial information;
(b) Making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation to a customer of a financial information repository with the intent to deceive the customer into releasing financial information or authorizing the release of such information; or
(c) Providing any document to an officer, employee, or agent of a financial information repository, knowing that the document is forged, counterfeit, lost, or stolen, or that the document was fraudulently obtained, or that the document contains a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, if such a document is provided with the intent to deceive the officer, employee, or agent into releasing the financial information.
(2) Violation of this section is a Class D felony. If the person violating this section is a business that has violated this section on more than one (1) occasion, then that person also violates the Consumer Protection Act, KRS 367.110 to 367.300.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XL. Crimes and Punishments § 434.872.Disclosure of information from financial information repository; penalties - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xl-crimes-and-punishments/ky-rev-st-sect-434-872/
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