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It is a crime under 5 USC 552a(i)(3) https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552a https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552a: > Any person who knowingly
by advisedwang 5y ago
It is a crime under 5 USC 552a(i)(3) https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552a https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552a:
> 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 $5,000.
- cyberge99 5y ago5,000$ USD might be worth it for a paparazzo or other neerdewel.
- shuntress 5y agoI am not a lawyer but I would assume that in a case like that, the court would bring additional penalties equivalent to the profit made using the stolen property.
- advisedwang 5y agoThe criminal record is probably more of a threat than the money in such cases. I'm more worried that if there is no way to get caught, people won't care about the criminal penalties no matter how heavy.
- 77pt77 5y agoThat's if they are even caught. Since no one verifies anything it's a worst case scenario.
- 7402 5y agoThe standard spelling of that last term is 'Ne'er do well'. From https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/neer-do-well.html https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/neer-do-well.html "The term 'ne'er do well' is of course a contraction of 'never do well'. Ne'er has been used in that shortened form since the 13th century, notably in the North of England and in Scotland. 'Ne'er do well' itself originated in Scotland and an early citation of it in print is found in the Scottish poet and playwright Allan Ramsay's A collection of Scots proverbs, 1737: Some ha'e a hantla fauts [have many faults] , ye are only a ne'er-do-well."
- 77pt77 5y agoSo is stealing and yet it happens all the time.