(1) When, under the terms of an instrument creating a security interest in personal property, as security interest is defined in section 4-1-201 (b)(35), the person giving the security interest and retaining possession of the encumbered property and having liberty of sale or other disposition, is required to account to the secured creditor for the proceeds of the sale or other disposition, and willfully and wrongfully fails to pay to the secured creditor the amounts due on account thereof, the person giving the security interest commits failure to pay over proceeds. (2) Failure to pay over proceeds is: (a) A petty offense if the amount is less than three hundred dollars; (b) A class 2 misdemeanor if the amount is three hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand dollars; (c) A class 1 misdemeanor if the amount is one thousand dollars or more but less than two thousand dollars; (d) A class 6 felony if the amount is more than two thousand dollars but less than five thousand dollars; (e) A class 5 felony if the amount is five thousand dollars or more but less than twenty thousand dollars; (f) A class 4 felony if the amount is twenty thousand dollars or more but less than one hundred thousand dollars; (g) A class 3 felony if the amount is one hundred thousand dollars or more but less than one million dollars; and (h) A class 2 felony if the amount is one million dollars or more.
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