Under Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information, which action would constitute an offense?

• A. Obtaining identifying information with consent
• B. Possessing identifying information of another person without consent
• C. Publishing identifying information publicly with consent
• D. Using identifying information of a household member with consent

Answer: (B)

The key idea is that this offense focuses on unauthorized possession or use of someone’s identifying information. Identifying information includes data that can identify a person, such as a name paired with an address or more sensitive identifiers like a driver’s license number or Social Security number. When someone possesses another person’s identifying information without that person’s permission, it falls under fraudulent use or possession of identifying information.

This is why the described action—holding onto identifying information belonging to another person without consent—meets the offense. The other options involve obtaining with permission, publishing with permission, or using information with consent from a household member, which do not violate the statute because consent is present.