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MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 1 - Bad Checks|Section 8-105 - Obtaining Property or Services by Bad Check -- Limitation on Prosecution

    (a)    A person who obtains property or services by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8-103 of this subtitle may not be prosecuted under this article, if:        (1)    other than falsely representing that there are sufficient funds with the drawee to cover the check, the issuing or passing of the check is not accompanied by a false representation; and        (2)    the person who obtains the property or services makes the check good within 10 days after the drawee dishonors the check.    (b)    (1)    A prosecution may not be commenced against a person described in subsection (a) of this section earlier than 10 days after the drawee dishonors the check.        (2)    A person who obtains property or services by issuing a check in violation of § 8-103 of this subtitle may be prosecuted immediately under this article, if the person issuing the check:            (i)    is the drawer; and            (ii)    did not have an account with the drawee when the check was issued.    (c)    Unless specifically charged by the State, obtaining property or services with a value of less than $100 by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8-103 of this subtitle, as provided in § 8-106(d) of this subtitle, may not be considered a lesser included crime of any other crime.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 1 - Bad Checks|Section 8-106 - Penalty

    (a)    (1)    A person who obtains property or services with a value of at least $1,500 but less than $25,000 by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.        (2)    A person who obtains property or services with a value of at least $25,000 but less than $100,000 by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $15,000 or both.        (3)    A person who obtains property or services with a value of $100,000 or more by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years or a fine not exceeding $25,000 or both.    (b)    A person who obtains property or services by issuing or passing more than one check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both if:        (1)    each check that is issued is for at least $1,500 but less than $25,000 and is issued to the same person within a 30–day period; and        (2)    the cumulative value of the property or services is at least $1,500 but less than $25,000.    (c)    Except as provided in subsections (b) and (d) of this section, a person who obtains property or services with a value of at least $100 but less than $1,500 by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.    (d)    (1)    A person who obtains property or services with a value of less than $100 by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.        (2)    It is not a defense to the crime of obtaining property or services with a value of less than $100 by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8–103 of this subtitle that the value of the property or services at issue is $100 or more.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-107 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 1 - Bad Checks|Section 8-107 - Penalty -- Restoration of Property; Restitution; Collection Fee

    In addition to the penalties provided in § 8-106 of this subtitle, if a person obtains property or services by issuing or passing a check in violation of § 8-103 of this subtitle, on conviction, the court:         (1)    if the property has been recovered or is in the defendant’s possession or control, may order restoration of the property to any person with a property interest in it;        (2)    to the extent that the property is not restored or compensation has not been provided for the services, may order restitution of the value of the property or services obtained to be paid to:            (i)    any person having a property interest in the property; or            (ii)    the person who provided the services; and        (3)    may order the defendant to pay a collection fee of up to $35, for each check, to:            (i)    any person with a property interest in the property; or            (ii)    the person who provided the services.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-108 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 1 - Bad Checks|Section 8-108 - Paying Court Fines or Costs With Bad Check

    (a)    A person may not pay a fine or cost imposed by a court by delivering a check issued by the person or another person if:        (1)    the person knows that payment of the check has not been provided for; and        (2)    payment of the check is refused by the drawee on presentment.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 60 days or a fine not exceeding $100 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 3 - Identity Fraud|Section 8-302 - Blank or Incorrect Identification Card

    (a)    In this section, “offer for sale” includes to induce, solicit, attempt, or advertise in a manner intended to encourage a person to purchase an identification card.    (b)    Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a person may not:        (1)    sell, issue, offer for sale, or offer to issue an identification card or document that contains:            (i)    a blank space for a person’s age or date of birth; or            (ii)    a person’s incorrect age or date of birth; or        (2)    knowingly sell, issue, offer for sale, or offer to issue an identification card or document that contains:            (i)    an incorrect name instead of a person’s true name; or            (ii)    an incorrect address for a person.    (c)    This section does not prohibit a manufacturer of identification cards or documents from selling or issuing identification cards or documents that contain a blank space for a person’s age or date of birth to:        (1)    employers, for use as employee identification cards or documents;        (2)    hospitals, for use as patient identification cards; or        (3)    governmental units.    (d)    (1)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $2,000 or both.        (2)    Each identification card or document sold or issued and each offer in violation of this section is a crime that may be separately prosecuted.    (e)    The Attorney General, or the State’s Attorney for a county where a violation of this section occurs, may seek an injunction to stop a sale, issue, or offer that violates this section.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 3 - Identity Fraud|Section 8-303 - Government Identification Document

    (a)    In this section, “government identification document” means one of the following documents issued by the United States government or any state or local government:        (1)    a passport;        (2)    an immigration visa;        (3)    an alien registration card;        (4)    an employment authorization card;        (5)    a birth certificate;        (6)    a Social Security card;        (7)    a military identification;        (8)    an adoption decree;        (9)    a marriage license;        (10)    a driver’s license; or        (11)    a photo identification card.    (b)    A person may not, with fraudulent intent:        (1)    possess a fictitious or fraudulently altered government identification document;        (2)    display, cause, or allow to be displayed a fictitious or fraudulently altered government identification document;        (3)    lend a government identification document to another or knowingly allow the use of the person’s government identification document by another; or        (4)    display or represent as the person’s own a government identification document not issued to the person.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 3 - Identity Fraud|Section 8-304 - Report

    (a)    A person who knows or reasonably suspects that the person is a victim of identity fraud, as prohibited under this subtitle, may contact a local law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over:        (1)    any part of the county in which the person lives; or        (2)    any part of the county in which the crime occurred.    (b)    After being contacted by a person in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, a local law enforcement agency shall promptly:        (1)    prepare and file a report of the alleged identity fraud; and        (2)    provide a copy of the report to the victim.    (c)    The local law enforcement agency contacted by the victim may subsequently refer the matter to a law enforcement agency with proper jurisdiction.    (d)    A report filed under this section is not required to be counted as an open case for purposes including compiling open case statistics.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 3 - Identity Fraud|Section 8-305 - Identity Theft Passports

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Identity fraud” means a violation of § 8–301 of this subtitle.        (3)    “Identity theft passport” means a card or certificate issued by the Attorney General that verifies the identity of the person who is a victim of identity fraud.    (b)    A person who knows or reasonably suspects that the person is a victim of identity fraud and has filed a report under § 8–304 of this subtitle may apply for an identity theft passport through a law enforcement agency.    (c)    A law enforcement agency that receives an application for an identity theft passport shall submit the application and a copy of the report filed under § 8–304 of this subtitle to the Attorney General for processing and issuance of an identity theft passport.    (d)    (1)    The Attorney General, in cooperation with a law enforcement agency, may issue an identity theft passport to a person who is a victim of identity fraud.        (2)    The Attorney General may not issue an identity theft passport to a person before completing a background check on the person.    (e)    A person who is issued an identity theft passport under subsection (d) of this section may present the identity theft passport to:        (1)    a law enforcement agency to help prevent the arrest or detention of the person for an offense committed by another using the person’s personal identifying information; or        (2)    a creditor to aid in the investigation of:            (i)    a fraudulent account that is opened in the person’s name; or            (ii)    a fraudulent charge that is made against an account of the person.    (f)    (1)    A law enforcement agency or creditor that is presented with an identity theft passport under subsection (e) of this section has sole discretion to accept or reject the identity theft passport.        (2)    In determining whether to accept or reject the identity theft passport, the law enforcement agency or creditor may consider the surrounding circumstances and available information regarding the offense of identity fraud against the person.    (g)    An application for an identity theft passport submitted under this section, including any supporting documentation:        (1)    is not a public record; and        (2)    may not be released except to a law enforcement agency in this or another state.    (h)    The Attorney General shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 4 - Other Commercial Fraud|Section 8-401 - Fraudulent Conversion of Partnership Assets

    (a)    A partner may not with fraudulent intent:        (1)    convert or appropriate to the partner’s own use partnership money or property;        (2)    make, or cause to be made, a false entry in partnership records of a partnership transaction; or        (3)    fail to make or cause to be made an entry in partnership records to show the true state of a transaction:            (i)    relating to partnership business; or            (ii)    involving the use of partnership money or property.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.    (c)    A person who violates this section is subject to § 5-106(b) of the Courts Article.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 4 - Other Commercial Fraud|Section 8-402 - Fraudulent Misrepresentation by Corporate Officer or Agent

    (a)    With intent to defraud, an officer or agent of a corporation may not sign, or in any manner assent to, a statement to or a publication for the public or the shareholders that contains false representations of the corporation’s assets, liabilities, or affairs, to:        (1)    enhance or depress the market value of the corporation’s shares or obligations; or        (2)    commit fraud in another manner.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not less than 6 months and not exceeding 3 years or a fine not less than $1,000 and not exceeding $10,000 or both.    (c)    A person who violates this section is subject to § 5-106(b) of the Courts Article.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 4 - Other Commercial Fraud|Section 8-403 - Removal of Personal Property

    (a)    A debtor who possesses personal property that is subject to a security interest may not secrete, hypothecate, destroy, or sell the property or remove the property from the county where it was located when the security interest attached:        (1)    without the written consent of the secured party or the secured party’s assignee; and        (2)    with the intent to defraud the secured party.    (b)    (1)    A debtor who possesses personal property that is under levy pursuant to a writ of execution may not remove, secrete, hypothecate, destroy, or sell the property or remove the property from the county where it was located when the levy was made:            (i)    without the prior written consent of the judgment creditor, the judgment creditor’s lawfully authorized agent, or the judgment creditor’s assignee; and            (ii)    with intent to defraud the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor’s assignee, and defeat the lien of the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor’s assignee under the levy.        (2)    This subsection does not relieve the sheriff or other officer making the levy from responsibility to the judgment creditor for safekeeping personal property taken into possession by the sheriff or other officer making the levy.    (c)    A seller of personal property who possesses the personal property under a recorded bill of sale may not remove, secrete, hypothecate, destroy, or sell the property or remove the property from the county where it was located when sold:        (1)    without prior written consent in the contract of the buyer or the buyer’s assignee; and        (2)    with intent to defraud the buyer.    (d)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 4 - Other Commercial Fraud|Section 8-404 - Pyramid Promotional Schemes

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Compensation” includes payment based on a sale or distribution made to a person who:            (i)    is a participant in a plan or operation; or            (ii)    on making a payment, is entitled to become a participant.        (3)    “Consideration” does not include:            (i)    payment for purchase of goods or services furnished at cost for use in making sales to persons who are not participants in the scheme and who are not purchasing in order to participate in the scheme;            (ii)    time or effort spent in pursuit of sales or recruiting activities; or            (iii)    the right to receive a discount or rebate based on the purchase or acquisition of goods or services by a bona fide cooperative buying group or association.        (4)    “Promote” means to induce one or more persons to become a participant.        (5)    “Pyramid promotional scheme” means a plan or operation by which a participant gives consideration for the opportunity to receive compensation to be derived primarily from any person’s introduction of others into participation in the plan or operation rather than from the sale of goods, services, or other intangible property by the participant or others introduced into the plan or operation.    (b)    A person may not establish, operate, advertise, or promote a pyramid promotional scheme.    (c)    It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that:        (1)    the plan or operation limits the number of persons who may participate or limits the eligibility of participants; or        (2)    on payment of anything of value by a participant, the participant obtains any other property in addition to the right to receive compensation.    (d)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 4 - Other Commercial Fraud|Section 8-405 - Wrongful Disposal of Vessel Cargo

    (a)    This section applies only to a person employed in any capacity in the management or navigation of a vessel on a river, canal, bay, or other waters exclusively within the State whether or not the person is a co-owner of or has an interest in any of the cargo of the vessel.    (b)    A person may not sell, give away, pledge, or in any manner dispose of the cargo of a vessel or an article or commodity on the vessel:        (1)    without the consent of the owner; and        (2)    with the intent to defraud the owner.    (c)    A person who sells the cargo of a vessel or an article or commodity on the vessel with the consent of the owner may not neglect or refuse to pay to the owner the consideration received by the person with the intent to defraud the owner.    (d)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not less than 6 months and not exceeding 1 year or a fine not less than $500 and not exceeding $1,000 or both.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 4 - Other Commercial Fraud|Section 8-406 - Misuse of Documents of Title

    (a)    A person, on the person’s own behalf or on behalf of another, who receives, accepts, or takes in trust from another a warehouse or elevator receipt, bill of lading, or document giving, or purporting to give, title to, or the right to possession of, goods, wares, merchandise, or other personal property, subject to a written contract expressing the terms and conditions of the trust, may not fail to fulfill in good faith the terms and conditions of the trust.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not less than 1 year and not exceeding 10 years or a fine not less than $500 and not exceeding $5,000 or both.    (c)    A person who violates this section is subject to § 5-106(b) of the Courts Article.
MD. Criminal Law Code Ann. §  8-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Criminal Law|Title 8 - Fraud and Related Crimes|Subtitle 4 - Other Commercial Fraud|Section 8-407 - Fraudulent Conversion of Leased or Rented Good

    (a)    This section applies to a written contract or written lease for a leased or rented good or thing of value whether or not the contract or lease contains an option to purchase the good or thing of value if the lease:        (1)    does not exceed a period of 6 months; and        (2)    is for a good or thing with a value of $1,500 or more.    (b)    A person may not fraudulently convert to the person’s own use a good or thing of value received under a written contract or written lease entered into for the purpose of renting or leasing things for valuable consideration.    (c)    The failure to return the good or thing of value to the possession of, or account for the good or thing of value with, the person who delivered the good or thing of value at the time or in the manner described in the written contract or written lease is prima facie evidence of intent to fraudulently convert the good or thing of value.    (d)    (1)    A person may not be prosecuted under this section if within 10 days after a written demand for the return of the good or thing of value is mailed by certified United States mail, return receipt requested, to the person who received the good or thing of value at the last address known to the person who delivered the good or thing of value, the person returns the good or thing of value to the possession of, or accounts for the good or thing of value with, the person who delivered the good or thing of value.        (2)    A prosecution may not be started until 10 days after a written demand described in paragraph (1) of this subsection is mailed.    (e)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 60 days or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.    (f)    A person who violates this section shall restore the good or thing of value converted to the person’s own use or pay the full value to the owner or the person who delivered the good or thing of value.    (g)    (1)    A prosecution under this section does not preclude prosecution for theft under § 7–104 of this article.        (2)    If a person is convicted under § 7–104 of this article and this section for the same act or transaction, the conviction under this section shall merge for sentencing purposes into the conviction under § 7–104 of this article.