<br><br> <br>Page 1 of 1 <br>15.113 Financial Integrity Enforcement Division -- Duties -- Prevention of identity <br>theft. <br>(1) The Financial Integrity Enforcement Division is created in the Department of Law. <br>The division shall: <br>(a) Investigate illegal redemption of food stamp benefits in cooperation with the <br>United States Department of Agriculture and the Cabinet for Health and <br>Family Services; <br>(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 <br>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. <br>(2) The Office of the Attorney General shall coordinate with the Department of <br>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. <br>Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 13, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended <br>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. <br><br>