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Current through October 23, 2012
(a) Any person convicted of insurance fraud in the first degree shall be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both.
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, any person convicted of insurance fraud in the second degree shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
(2) Any person convicted of insurance fraud in the second degree who has been convicted previously of insurance fraud pursuant to § 22-3225.02 or § 22- 3225.03, or a felony conviction based on similar grounds in any other jurisdiction, shall be fined not more than $20,000 or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.
(c) Any person convicted of misdemeanor insurance fraud shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 180 days, or both.
(d) A person convicted of a felony violation of this subchapter shall be disqualified from engaging in the business of insurance, subject to 18 U.S.C. § 1033(e)(2).
(Dec. 1, 1982, D.C. Law 4-164, § 125d, as added Apr. 27, 1999, D.C. Law 12-273, § 2, 46 DCR 1132; June 19, 2001, D.C. Law 13-313, § 12(a), 48 DCR 1873; July 25, 2006, D.C. Law 16-144, § 2(d), 53 DCR 2838.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 22-3825.4.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 13-313, in subsec. (b)(2), validated a previously made technical correction.
D.C. Law 16-144 rewrote section, which had read as follows:
"(a) Any person convicted of insurance fraud in the first degree shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50,000 or imprisonment for not more than 15 years, or both.
"(b) Any person convicted of insurance fraud in the second degree shall be subject to the following:
"(1) A fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both; or
"(2) A fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both, for a second or subsequent offense under § 22-3225.03 or a conviction based on similar grounds in any other jurisdiction.
"(c) A person convicted of a felony violation of this subchapter shall be disqualified from engaging in the business of insurance, subject to 18 U.S.C. § 1033(e)(2)."
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 12-273, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 22-3225.01.
For Law 13-313, see notes following § 22-2803.
For Law 16-144, see notes following § 22-3225.02.
