§ 380-o. Obtaining or introducing information under false pretenses;\npenalty. 1. Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information\nconcerning a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under false\npretenses shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than five thousand\ndollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.\n 2. Any person who knowingly and willfully introduces, attempts to\nintroduce or causes to be introduced, false information into a consumer\nreporting agency's files for the purpose of wrongfully damaging or\nwrongfully enhancing the credit information of any individual shall,\nupon conviction, be fined not more than five thousand dollars or\nimprisoned not more than one year, or both.\n 3. This section shall not apply to statements filed pursuant to\nparagraph two of subdivision (c) of section three hundred eighty-f of\nthis chapter.\n
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