2013 Maryland Code
CRIMINAL LAW
§ 7-113 - Embezzlement -- Fraudulent misappropriation by fiduciary


MD Crim Law Code § 7-113 (2013) What's This?

§7-113.

(a) A fiduciary may not:

(1) fraudulently and willfully appropriate money or a thing of value that the fiduciary holds in a fiduciary capacity contrary to the requirements of the fiduciary’s trust responsibility; or

(2) secrete money or a thing of value that the fiduciary holds in a fiduciary capacity with a fraudulent intent to use the money or thing of value contrary to the requirements of the fiduciary’s trust responsibility.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of the misdemeanor of embezzlement and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year and not exceeding 5 years.

(c) A person who violates this section is subject to § 5-106(b) of the Courts Article.

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