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15.113 Financial Integrity Enforcement Division -- Duties -- Prevention of identity theft.

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Page 1 of 1 15.113 Financial Integrity Enforcement Division -- Duties -- Prevention of identity theft. (1) The Financial Integrity Enforcement Division is created in the Department of Law. The division shall: <br>(a) Investigate illegal redemption of food stamp benefits in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Cabinet for Health and <br>Family Services; (b) Verify eligibility of food stamp program applicants as to past criminal history; <br>(c) Investigate the illegal distribution of counterfeit merchandise; and <br>(d) Investigate the use of personal identification and financial information by persons for the purpose of theft, or fraud, or both theft and fraud, and other <br>illegal or fraudulent activity which may involve electronic commerce. (2) The Office of the Attorney General shall coordinate with the Department of Financial Institutions, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Trade <br>Commission, the Kentucky Bankers' Association, and any other agency or <br>organization to prepare and disseminate information to prevent identity theft. Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 13, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 77, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 175, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 28, sec. 1, <br>effective July 14, 2000.