2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
ARTICLE 43. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
CHAPTER 5. Forgery, Fraud, and Other Deceptions
35-43-5-3.8. Synthetic identity deception

     Sec. 3.8. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally obtains, possesses, transfers, or uses the synthetic identifying information:

(1) with intent to harm or defraud another person;

(2) with intent to assume another person's identity; or

(3) with intent to profess to be another person;

commits synthetic identity deception, a Level 6 felony.

     (b) The offense under subsection (a) is a Level 5 felony if:

(1) a person obtains, possesses, transfers, or uses the synthetic identifying information of more than one hundred (100) persons; or

(2) the fair market value of the fraud or harm caused by the offense is at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

     (c) The conduct prohibited in subsections (a) and (b) does not apply to:

(1) a person less than twenty-one (21) years of age who uses the synthetic identifying information of another person to acquire an alcoholic beverage (as defined in IC 7.1-1-3-5); or

(2) a minor (as defined in IC 35-49-1-4) who uses the synthetic identifying information of another person to acquire:

(A) a cigarette or tobacco product (as defined in IC 6-7-2-5);

(B) a periodical, a videotape, or other communication medium that contains or depicts nudity (as defined in IC 35-49-1-5);

(C) admittance to a performance (live or on film) that prohibits the attendance of the minor based on age; or

(D) an item that is prohibited by law for use or consumption by a minor.

     (d) It is not a defense in a prosecution under subsection (a) or (b) that no person was harmed or defrauded.

As added by P.L.137-2009, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.473.