It is a fourth-degree felony for:
A. any person to knowingly and willfully obtain information on a consumer from a credit bureau under false pretenses; or B. any officer or employee of a credit bureau to knowingly and willfully provide information concerning a consumer from the credit bureau's files to a person or firm not authorized to receive that information. 1953 Comp., § 50-18-8, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 278, § 3.