2006 New York Code - Obtaining Or Introducing Information Under False Pretenses; Penalty.

 
    §  380-o.  Obtaining or introducing information under false pretenses;
  penalty. 1.  Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains  information
  concerning  a  consumer  from  a  consumer  reporting agency under false
  pretenses shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than  five  thousand
  dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
    2.  Any  person  who  knowingly  and willfully introduces, attempts to
  introduce or causes to be introduced, false information into a  consumer
  reporting  agency's  files  for  the  purpose  of wrongfully damaging or
  wrongfully enhancing the credit information  of  any  individual  shall,
  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  more  than  five  thousand dollars or
  imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
    3. This section shall  not  apply  to  statements  filed  pursuant  to
  paragraph  two  of  subdivision (c) of section three hundred eighty-f of
  this chapter.