CFR > Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary of Commerce > PART 4—DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION > SUBPART B—Privacy Act (§4.21 to §4.34) > 4.32—Penalties.

4.32—Penalties.

(a) The Act provides, in pertinent part:
Any person who knowingly and willfully requests or obtains any record concerning an individual from an agency under false pretenses shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than $5,000. (5 U.S.C. 552a(i)(3)).
(b) A person who falsely or fraudulently attempts to obtain records under the Act also may be subject to prosecution under such other criminal statutes as 18 U.S.C. 494, 495 and 1001.