Ky. Rev. Stat. § 434.872 (2026)

Penalties.

(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. Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 175, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2002.