2019 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.
