Name
Code sections
Actions targeted
Criminal penalty
Fair Credit
Reporting Act
15 U.S.C. §1681q
Knowingly and willfully
obtains information on a
consumer from a consumer reporting agency
under false pretenses
289
Fined under title
18, imprisoned for not
more than 2 years, or
both
290
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
50 U.S.C. §1809
Officers or employees of
the U.S. who (1) engage
in unauthorized electronic surveillance under
color of law; or (2) use or
disclose information
obtained under color of
law through
unauthorized electronic
surveillance
A fine of not more than
$10,000 or imprisonment for not more than
5 years, or both
291
50 U.S.C. §1827
Intentionally—
(1) under color of law for
the purpose of obtaining
foreign intelligence
information, executes a
physical search within
the United States except
as authorized by statute;
or
(2) discloses or uses
information obtained
under color of law by
physical search within
the United States, knowing or having reason to
know that the information was obtained
through physical search
not authorized by statute,
for the purpose of
obtaining intelligence
information
292
Punishable by a fine of
not more than $10,000
or imprisonment for not
more than 5 years, or
both
293
(continued)
289 15 U.S.C. §1681q.
290 Id.
291 50 U.S.C. §1809(c).
292 50 U.S.C. §1827 (a).
293 50 U.S.C. §1827(c).
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S. M. Boyne