MN HF3826

Expands subpoena authority for the Attorney General and county attorneys to obtain books, papers, correspondence, and other records related to financial crimes and fraud investigations, including fraud involving state-funded programs and insurance fraud

Adds "forged digital likeness" as a new category of identity under identity theft law, defined as technologically-created video, audio, images, or photographs that realistically misrepresent an individual's appearance, speech, or conduct (deepfakes)

Expands the definition of "identity" to include voice or likeness and forged digital likenesses, in addition to existing categories like Social Security numbers and electronic identification numbers

Establishes a 7-year statute of limitations for violations of securities law (chapter 80A), fraudulent title registration (508.80), issuing false checks (609.465), theft by swindle (609.52, subd. 2(a)(4)), receiving stolen property (609.53), and use of fraud in recording documents (609.645)

Effective date of August 1, 2026, applying to crimes committed on or after that date and to earlier crimes where the limitations period had not yet expired