Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development Section 6-511

      (a)      A person may not knowingly make or cause any false statement or report to be made in any application or in any document furnished to the Department.

      (b)      A person may not knowingly make or cause any false statement or report to be made for the purpose of influencing the action of the Department affecting financial assistance whether or not such assistance may have already been extended.

      (c)      Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle or any person who aids or abets another person in the violation of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or both.