(1) The Attorney General may investigate the use of personal identification and financial information by persons for the purpose of theft, fraud, or both, or any other illegal or fraudulent activity that may involve electronic commerce, the use of public funds or property, or obtaining or attempting to obtain a benefit provided by the government.
(2) The Attorney General shall coordinate with the Department of Financial Institutions, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Trade Commission, the Kentucky Bankers’ Association, and any other agency or organization to prepare and disseminate information to prevent identity theft.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 15.113

  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • public funds: means sums actually received in cash or negotiable instruments from all sources unless otherwise described by any state agency, state- owned corporation, university, department, cabinet, fiduciary for the benefit of any form of state organization, authority, board, bureau, interstate compact, commission, committee, conference, council, office, or any other form of organization whether or not the money has ever been paid into the Treasury and whether or not the money is still in the Treasury if the money is controlled by any form of state organization, except for those funds the management of which is to be reported to the Legislative Research Commission pursuant to KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

Effective: June 29, 2021
History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 4, effective June 29, 2021. — 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 ch. 175, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. — Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 28, sec. 1, effective July 14,
2000.