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13 V.S.A. § 2031
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2031. Insurance fraud

§ 2031. Insurance fraud|(a) Definitions. As used in this section:  (1) "Conceal" means to take affirmative action intended to prevent others from discovering information. Mere failure to disclose information does not constitute concealment. (2) "Insurance policy" has the same meaning as in 8 V.S.A. § 4722(3) and includes a workers' compensation policy issued pursuant to 21 V.S.A. chapter 9. (3) "Insurer" has the same meaning as in 8 V.S.A. § 4901(2) and includes a workers' compensation insurer pursuant to 21 V.S.A. chapter 9.   (b) Fraudulent insurance act. No person shall, with intent to defraud:  (1) present or cause to be presented a claim for payment or benefit, pursuant to any insurance policy, that contains false representations as to any material fact or which conceals a material fact; or (2) present or cause to be presented any information that contains false representations as to any material fact or that conceals a material fact concerning the solicitation for sale of any insurance policy or purported insurance policy, an application for certificate of authority, or the financial condition of any insurer.   (c) Penalties. A person who violates subsection (b) of this section shall:  (1) if the benefit wrongfully obtained or the loss suffered by any person as a result of the violation has a value of less than $900.00, be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both; or (2) if the benefit wrongfully obtained or the loss suffered by any person as a result of the violation has a value of more than $900.00, be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both; or (3) for a second or subsequent offense, regardless of the value of the benefit wrongfully obtained, be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $20,000.00, or both.   (d) Administrative action. Upon the conviction of a practitioner for a violation of subsection (b) of this section, the prosecutor shall inform the appropriate licensing authority. Any victim may notify the appropriate licensing authorities in this State and any other jurisdiction in which the practitioner is licensed of the conviction.(e) This section shall not be construed to limit or restrict prosecution under any other applicable law.(f) Immunity. No insurer or insurance professional acting in good faith and furnishing or disclosing information to the appropriate law enforcement official shall be subject to civil liability for libel, slander, or any other cause of action arising from the furnishing or disclosing of such information, except if the information is furnished solely to obtain an advantage in connection with a claim that will be, is being, or has been filed.(g) The public policy of this State is that the standards of this section shall not apply or be introduced into evidence in any civil or administrative proceeding, whether to argue public policy, materiality, or for any other purpose. (Added 2005, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2006; amended 2007, No. 208 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
13 V.S.A. § 2032
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2032. Sales suppression devices

§ 2032. Sales suppression devices|(a) As used in this section:  (1) "Automated sales suppression device," also known as a "zapper," means a software program, carried on a memory stick or removable compact disc, accessed through an Internet link, or accessed through any other means, that falsifies transaction data, transaction reports, or any other electronic records of electronic cash registers and other point-of-sale systems. (2) "Electronic cash register" means a device that keeps a register or supporting documents through the means of an electronic device or computer system designed to record transaction data for the purpose of computing, compiling, or processing retail sales transaction data in any manner. (3) "Phantom-ware" means a hidden programming option, whether preinstalled or installed at a later time, embedded in the operating system of an electronic cash register or hardwired into the electronic cash register that:  (A) can be used to create a virtual second till; or (B) may eliminate or manipulate transaction records.  (4) "Transaction data" include items purchased by a customer, the price for each item, a taxability determination for each item, a segregated tax amount for each of the taxed items, the amount of cash or credit tendered, the net amount returned to the customer in change, the date and time of the purchase, the name, address, and identification number of the vendor, and the receipt or invoice number of the transaction. (5) "Transaction reports" means a report documenting, but not limited to, the sales, taxes collected, media totals, and discount voids at an electronic cash register that is printed on cash register tape at the end of a day or shift, or a report documenting every action at an electronic cash register that is stored electronically.   (b)(1) A person shall not knowingly sell, purchase, install, transfer, or possess an automated sales suppression device or phantom-ware.  (2) A person who violates subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be imprisoned for not less than one year and not more than five years and fined not more than $100,000.00, or both.   (c) A person who violates subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be liable to the State for:  (1) all taxes, interest, and penalties due as the result of the person's use of an automated sales suppression device or phantom-ware; and (2) all profits associated with the person's sale of an automated sales suppression device or phantom-ware.   (d) An automated sales suppression device or phantom-ware and any device containing such device or software shall be deemed contraband and shall be subject to seizure by the Commissioner of Taxes or by a law enforcement officer when directed to do so by the Commissioner of Taxes. (Added 2013, No. 13, § 1, eff. April 25, 2013.)
13 V.S.A. § 2051
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2051. Issue of bill of lading for goods not received

§ 2051. Issue of bill of lading for goods not received|An officer, agent, or servant or a carrier, who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a bill of lading, knowing that all or any part of the goods for which the bill of lading is issued, has not been received by such carrier or by an agent of such carrier or by a connecting carrier or is not under the carrier's control at the time of issuing the bill of lading, shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 6.)
13 V.S.A. § 2052
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2052. Issue of bill of lading containing false statement

§ 2052. Issue of bill of lading containing false statement|An officer, agent, or servant of a carrier, who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a bill of lading for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 7.)
13 V.S.A. § 2053
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2053. Issue of duplicate bills of lading not so marked

§ 2053. Issue of duplicate bills of lading not so marked|An officer, agent, or servant of a carrier, who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable bill of lading for goods in violation of 9A V.S.A. § 7- 402, knowing that a former negotiable bill of lading for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 8.)
13 V.S.A. § 2054
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2054. Negotiation of bill of lading for goods subject to security interest

§ 2054. Negotiation of bill of lading for goods subject to security interest|A person who ships goods to which he or she has not title or in which there is a security interest and who takes for such goods a negotiable bill of lading which he or she afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his or her want of title or the existence of the security interest, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 9.)
13 V.S.A. § 2055
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2055. Negotiation of bill of lading when goods are not in carrier's possession

§ 2055. Negotiation of bill of lading when goods are not in carrier's possession|A person who, with intent to deceive, negotiates or transfers for value a bill of lading knowing that any or all of the goods that by the terms of the bill of lading appear to have been received for transportation by the carrier that issued the bill of lading, are not in the possession or control of the carrier or of a connecting carrier, without disclosing this fact, shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 10)
13 V.S.A. § 2056
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2056. Inducing carrier to issue bill of lading when goods have not been received

§ 2056. Inducing carrier to issue bill of lading when goods have not been received|A person who, with intent to defraud, secures the issue by a carrier of a bill of lading, knowing that at the time of issue, any or all of the goods described in the bill of lading as received for transportation have not been received by the carrier or an agent of the carrier or a connecting carrier or are not under the carrier's control, by inducing an officer, agent, or servant of the carrier falsely to believe that the goods have been received by the carrier or are under its control, shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 11.)
13 V.S.A. § 2057
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2057. Issue of nonnegotiable bill of lading not so marked

§ 2057. Issue of nonnegotiable bill of lading not so marked|A person who, with intent to defraud, issues or aids in issuing a nonnegotiable bill of lading without the words "not negotiable" placed plainly upon the face thereof, shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 12.)
13 V.S.A. § 2061
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2061. Issue of warehouse receipt for goods not received

§ 2061. Issue of warehouse receipt for goods not received|A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a warehouse receipt knowing that the goods for which the warehouse receipt is issued, have not been actually received by the warehouseman, or are not under his or her actual control at the time of issuing the warehouse receipt, shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 13.)
13 V.S.A. § 2062
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2062. Issue of warehouse receipt containing false statement

§ 2062. Issue of warehouse receipt containing false statement|A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a warehouse receipt for goods knowing that it contains any false statement, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 14.)
13 V.S.A. § 2063
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2063. Issue of duplicate warehouse receipts not so marked

§ 2063. Issue of duplicate warehouse receipts not so marked|A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable warehouse receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable warehouse receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word "Duplicate," except in the case of a lost or destroyed warehouse receipt after proceedings as provided for in 9 V.S.A. § 7- 601, shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 15.)
13 V.S.A. § 2064
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2064. Issue for warehouseman's goods of warehouse receipts that do not state his or her ownership

§ 2064. Issue for warehouseman's goods of warehouse receipts that do not state his or her ownership|Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he or she is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, the warehouseman, or any of his or her officers, agents, or servants, who knowing this ownership, issues or aids in issuing a negotiable warehouse receipt for those goods that does not state that ownership, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 16.)
13 V.S.A. § 2065
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2065. Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable warehouse receipt

§ 2065. Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable warehouse receipt|A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who delivers goods out of the possession of the warehouseman, knowing that a negotiable warehouse receipt, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of such goods, is outstanding and uncancelled, without obtaining the possession of the warehouse receipt at or before the time of such delivery, except in the cases provided for in 9A V.S.A. §§ 7- 205, 7- 209 and 7- 601, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 17.)
13 V.S.A. § 2066
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2066. Negotiation of warehouse receipt for goods subject to a security interest

§ 2066. Negotiation of warehouse receipt for goods subject to a security interest|A person who deposits goods to which he or she has not title or in which there is a security interest, and who takes for the goods a negotiable warehouse receipt which he or she afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his or her want of title or the existence of the security interest, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 18.)
13 V.S.A. § 2071
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2071. Penalty for failure to discharge security agreement

§ 2071. Penalty for failure to discharge security agreement|When the condition of a security agreement has been fulfilled, within 30 days thereafter, the secured party shall cause the security agreement to be discharged of record. A person who neglects or refuses so to do shall be fined not more than $50.00 nor less than $5.00. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 19.)
13 V.S.A. § 2072
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2072. Removal of collateral from the State

§ 2072. Removal of collateral from the State|No person may, with intent to defraud or to deprive a secured party or debtor of his or her legal rights or remedies, remove collateral from the State, or conceal or aid in concealing it. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 20.)
13 V.S.A. § 2073
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2073. Sale of collateral

§ 2073. Sale of collateral|A debtor shall not sell, pledge, or exchange collateral without the consent of the secured party in writing recorded in the office where the security agreement is recorded or upon the back of the security agreement, and, in either case, on the margin of the record thereof in the office where it is recorded. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 21.)
13 V.S.A. § 2074
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2074. Prior security interest to be set forth in subsequent security agreement

§ 2074. Prior security interest to be set forth in subsequent security agreement|A debtor shall not execute a second or subsequent security agreement covering collateral that is the subject of a previously existing security agreement made by the debtor unless the existence of the previous security agreement is set forth in the subsequent security agreement. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 22.)
13 V.S.A. § 2075
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2075. Penalties

§ 2075. Penalties|A person who violates section 2072, 2073, or 2074 of this title shall be fined not more than double the value of the collateral so wrongfully removed from the State, sold, concealed, pledged, mortgaged, or exchanged, and half the fine shall be paid to the party injured. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 23.)
13 V.S.A. § 2076
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 49 - Fraud in Commercial Transactions|§ 2076. Statutory construction

§ 2076. Statutory construction|Statutes using the words "pledge," "mortgage," "conditional sale," "lien," "assignment," and like terms in referring to a security interest in personal property shall also apply to a corresponding type of security interest under 9A V.S.A. §§ 1- 101 et seq. and sections 2051-2057, 2061-2066, 2071-2076 of this title. (Added 1966, No. 29 (Sp. Sess.), § 24.)
13 V.S.A. § 2101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 51 - Gambling and Lotteries|§ 2101. Setting up, promoting, or aiding

§ 2101. Setting up, promoting, or aiding|Except as provided in section 2143 of this title, a person who sets up or promotes a lottery for money or other property, or disposes of money or property by a lottery, and a person aiding or concerned in so doing, or who knowingly allows premises owned or occupied by him or her or under his or her control to be used for that purpose, or by persons raffling or using a game of chance for money or property, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both, for the first offense and imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both, for each subsequent offense. (Amended 1993, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
13 V.S.A. § 2102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 51 - Gambling and Lotteries|§ 2102. Disposing of property by way of chance

§ 2102. Disposing of property by way of chance|Except as provided in section 2143 of this title, a person who sells or disposes of property by way of chance or, as an inducement to the sale of property, gives the purchaser or any other person other property to be drawn by way of chance or lottery shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both, for the first offense and imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both, for each subsequent offense. (Amended 1993, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
13 V.S.A. § 2102a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 51 - Gambling and Lotteries|§ 2102a. Affirmative defense

§ 2102a. Affirmative defense|It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge under section 2101 or 2102 of this title that the person charged complied with the provisions of section 2143 of this title. (Added 1993, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
13 V.S.A. § 2103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 51 - Gambling and Lotteries|§ 2103. Lottery tickets

§ 2103. Lottery tickets|(a) A person shall not:  (1) sell a lottery ticket or an interest therein, or a paper purporting to be a lottery ticket or an interest therein; (2) open or keep an office, shop, or store for the purpose of selling or procuring a lottery ticket or paper or an interest therein; (3) act as a broker or agent in buying, selling, or procuring to be bought or sold or disposed of in any way such ticket or interest therein, or in effecting or in endeavoring to effect a contract in regard thereto; (4) set up, exhibit, or publish or cause to be set up, exhibited, or published within this state written, printed, or electronically communicated proposals to buy, sell, or procure such ticket or interest therein.   (b) A person violating a provision hereof shall be fined not more than $300.00.(c) For purposes of this section, no internet service provider or provider of internet transport facilities shall be liable solely as a result of use of its facilities by a third party for a prohibited use without the provider's actual knowledge or express consent. (Amended 1999, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
13 V.S.A. § 2133
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 51 - Gambling and Lotteries|§ 2133. At gaming house

§ 2133. At gaming house|A person who plays at cards, dice, tables, or other game for money or other valuable in a common gaming or gambling house that is maintained for lucre and gain, shall be fined not more than $200.00 or imprisoned not more than 60 days, or both.
13 V.S.A. § 2134
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 51 - Gambling and Lotteries|§ 2134. Keeping gambling instrument

§ 2134. Keeping gambling instrument|A person who has or keeps on premises owned or occupied by him or her implements or other things used in gambling and permits persons resorting to such premises to use such implements or things for the purpose of gambling shall be imprisoned not more than six months nor less than 10 days or fined not more than $500.00 nor less than $10.00, or both.
13 V.S.A. § 2135
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 51 - Gambling and Lotteries|§ 2135. Gambling machines- Sale, lease, or rental

§ 2135. Gambling machines- Sale, lease, or rental|(a) A person, corporation, copartnership, or association shall not lease, rent, let on shares, sell, expose for sale, or offer for sale:  (1) a machine, apparatus, or device, into which may be inserted a piece of money or other object, and from which, as a result of such insertion and the application of physical or mechanical or electrical force, may issue with or without gum or confection, a piece of money, or slug, or a token, or a check or memoranda calling for money, credit, or merchandise or property; or (2) a coin or slot machine, pinball machine, racing machines, or other device of like character, wherein there enters any element of chance, whether the same be played for money, checks, credits, merchandise, or other thing representative of value; or (3) a machine or device of any kind or nature by the use or operation of which there is an element of chance for the winning or losing of money or other things of value.   (b) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to slot machines that were manufactured prior to 1954 and that are not operated for gambling purposes. (Amended 1985, No. 100 (Adj. Sess.), eff. Feb. 5, 1986.)