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(1) commit terrorism; or
(2) obtain or transport a weapon of mass
destruction;
commits terroristic deception, a Level 5 felony.
35-43-5-3.7. Notario publico deception.
Aperson who violates IC 33-42-2-10 commits
notario publico deception, a ClassAmisdemeanor.
35-43-5-3.8. Synthetic identity deception.
(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally
obtains, possesses, transfers, or uses the synthetic
identifying information:
(1) with intent to harm or defraud another
person;
(2) with intent to assume another person’s
identity; or
(3) with intent to profess to be another
person;
commits synthetic identity deception, a Level 6
felony.
(b) The offense under subsection (a) is a Level
5 felony if:
(1) a person obtains, possesses, transfers,
or uses the synthetic identifying informa-
tion of more than one hundred (100) per-
sons; or
(2) the fair market value of the fraud or
harm caused by the offense is at least fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000).
(c) The conduct prohibited in subsections (a)
and (b) does not apply to:
(1) a person less than twenty-one (21)
years of age who uses the synthetic iden-
tifying information of another person to
acquire an alcoholic beverage (as defined
in IC 7.1-1-3-5); or
(2) a minor (as defined in IC 35-49-1-4)
who uses the synthetic identifying infor-
mation of another person to acquire:
(A) a cigarette or tobacco product (as
defined in IC 6-7-2-5);
(B) a periodical, a videotape, or other
communication medium that contains
or depicts nudity (as defined in IC 35-
49-1-5);
(C) admittance to a performance (live
or film) that prohibits the attendance of
the minor based on age; or
(D) an item that is prohibited by law for
use or consumption by a minor.
(d) It is not a defense in a prosecution under
subsection (a) or (b) that no person was harmed
or defrauded.
35-43-5-4. Fraud
A person who:
(1) with intent to defraud, obtains property
by:
(A) using a credit card, knowing that
the credit card was unlawfully obtained
or retained;
(B) using a credit card, knowing that
the credit card is forged, revoked, or
expired;
(C) using, without consent, a credit
card that was issued to another per-
son;
(D) representing, without the consent
of the credit card holder, that the per-
son is the authorized holder of the
credit card; or
(E) representing that the person is the
authorized holder of a credit card when
the card has not in fact been issued;
(2) being authorized by an issuer to furnish
property upon presentation of a credit card,
fails to furnish the property and, with intent
to defraud the issuer or the credit card
holder, represents in writing to the issuer
that the person has furnished the property;
(3) being authorized by an issuer to furnish
property upon presentation of a credit card,
furnishes, with intent to defraud the issuer
or the credit card holder, property upon
presentation of a credit card, knowing that
the credit card was unlawfully obtained
or retained or that the credit card is forged,
revoked, or expired;
(4) not being the issuer, knowingly or
intentionally sells a credit card;
(5) not being the issuer, receives a credit
card, knowing that the credit card was
unlawfully obtained or retained or that the
credit card is forged, revoked, or expired;
(6) with intent to defraud, receives a credit
card as security for debt;
(7) receives property, knowing that the
