Any person who by means of a willfully false statement or representation, or by impersonation or other fraudulent devices, obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person to obtain: [PL 1973, c. 790, §2 (NEW).] 1. Assistance not entitled. Aid to which a person is not entitled; [RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §163 (COR).] 2. Larger assistance. A larger amount of aid than that to which a person is entitled; or [RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §164 (COR).] 3. Forfeited assistance. Payment of any forfeited installment of aid; and any person who knowingly buys or aids or abets in buying or in any way disposing of property of a recipient in such a way as to constitute a fraud upon the department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment for not more than 11 months, or by both. [PL 1973, c. 790, §2 (NEW).]
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