california banking identity-theft
Unauthorized online banking personal identity compromised
<p>My father in law recently died. I have just found out that his girlfriend has been accessing a trustee account utilizing an old user ID and password. No funds were withdrawn, but the bank's cyber-security unit found that she was viewing statement activity on a daily basis for numerous months.</p>
<p>The bank has now suspended all online banking access to this account.</p>
<p>Question is, what is the legal position of father in-laws girlfriend in this.  Isn’t this a federal crime?</p>

<p>At the very least the girlfriend is in violation of the <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Computer Fraud and Abuse Act</a> because she has accessed a computer without authorization and thereby obtained a financial record.</p>
