15 U.S.C. § 1681q
Obtaining information under false pretenses
Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 90
cases (17 in the last 5 years), 1978–2026 · leading case: Freshta Nayab v. Capital One Bank (Usa), Na, 942 F.3d 480 (9th Cir. 2019).
Freshta Nayab v. Capital One Bank (Usa), Na, 942 F.3d 480 (9th Cir. 2019). “§ 1681n; and (3) provision of criminal (and civil) 1 liability for those obtaining a credit report under false pretenses, 15 U.S.C. § 1681q. 2 By providing for statutory damages and “[b]y providing a private cause of action for violations of [Sections 1681f and 1681q], Congress…”
Gelman v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 583 F.3d 187 (3rd Cir. 2009). “DISCUSSION As noted, the district court held, inter alia, that Gelman failed to state a claim for his false pretenses claim, 15 U.S.C. § 1681q, 9 and his permissible purpose claim, 15 U.”
George v. Hansen & Connie Hansen, Husband & Wife v. Melvin Morgan & Nate Morgan Jewelers of Pocatello, Inc., an Idaho Corp., 582 F.2d 1214 (9th Cir. 1978). “The major question for review is whether the criminal provision of the FCRA — 15 U.S.C. § 1681q — provides a standard for imposition of civil liability under the FCRA.”
John Pinson v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, Nat'l Ass'n, 942 F.3d 1200 (11th Cir. 2019). “” 15 U.S.C. § 1681q. This crime, contained in the same subchapter as the rest of the FCRA, is enforceable by the FCRA’s private right of action.”
Bentley v. Greensky Trade Credit, LLC, 156 F. Supp. 3d 274 (D. Conn. 2015). “” 15 U.S.C. § 1681q. Ms. Bentley alleges that the bank has violated the FCRA because it obtained her credit report for an impermissible purpose and did so either negligently, willfully, and/or under false pretenses.”
Anthony Robinson v. US Dep't of Educ., 917 F.3d 799 (4th Cir. 2019). “" 15 U.S.C. § 1681q. Imagine a court's puzzlement upon seeing a criminal case captioned " United States v.”
Stephanie Daniel v. Nat'l Park Serv., 891 F.3d 762 (9th Cir. 2018). “15 U.S.C. § 1681q. As the Supreme Court observed in construing the use of “person” in the Sherman Antitrust Act: The connotation of a term in one portion of an Act may often be clarified by reference to its use in others.”
Johnny L. Bakker, Teresa Bakker, Carrie Ann Bakker v. Laura J. McKinnon, 152 F.3d 1007 (8th Cir. 1998). “The district court found that appellant and her associates had willfully violated the FCRA, 15 U.S.C. § 1681q, by requesting consumer reports on appellees in “a blatant attempt to extract a settlement from the insurance carrier for Dr.”
Vincent J. Ippolito, Cross-Appellants v. Wns, Inc., & Equifax Servs., Inc., Defendant-Cross-Appellee, 864 F.2d 440 (7th Cir. 1988). “§ 1681d(a); 4 and by obtaining the reports *446 under false pretenses in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1681q. 5 Plaintiffs contended that Equifax violated the FCRA: by preparing a “consumer report” on plaintiffs for a purpose not permitted under 15 U.”
John Auriemma v. James Montgomery & Donald Hubert, 860 F.2d 273 (7th Cir. 1988). “§ 1651, will certainly act as a deterrent to some unlawful conduct, the likelihood of these sanctions being invoked is speculative at best.”
United States v. Peter Horowitz, 978 F.3d 80 (4th Cir. 2020). “in contrast to its civil law usage”; “[t]he vocabulary of the 15 criminal side of [the Fair Credit Reporting Act] is consequently beside the point in construing the civil side.”
Michael F. Hahn & Marie Hahn v. Star Bank, 190 F.3d 708 (6th Cir. 1999). “§ 1681d, which deals with the disclosure of investigative consumer reports, and (3) knowingly and wilfully obtaining information about the Hahns from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1681q. They further contend that these defendants,…”
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