Maryland Family Law Section 5-594.7

      (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 under this part.

      (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 on an application for a direct incentive grant or for the purpose of influencing any action of the Department affecting a direct incentive grant whether or not such a grant may have already been awarded.

      (c)      Any person or any aider or abettor who violates any provision of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding 1 year or both.