### Question
Can you define what victim means?


### Answer
**Victim** is defined as the following in *15 U.S.C. § 1681g*:

> a consumer whose means of identification or financial information has been used or transferred (or has been alleged to have been used or transferred) without the authority of that consumer, with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, an identity theft or a similar crime

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 1681g*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 41-CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION > SUBCHAPTER III-CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES**

