508E.18 Criminal penalties.
1. a. A person acting in this state as a viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker, without being licensed pursuant to section 508E.3, who willfully violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued under this chapter, is guilty of a class “D” felony.
b. A person acting in this state as a viatical settlement provider or viatical settlement broker, without proper licensure, who willfully violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule adopted or order issued under this chapter, and when such violation results in a loss of more than ten thousand dollars, is guilty of a class “C” felony.
2. The commissioner may refer such evidence as is available concerning violations of this chapter or of any rule adopted or order issued under this chapter, or of the failure of a person to comply with the licensing requirements of this chapter, to the attorney general or the proper county attorney who may, with or without such reference, institute the appropriate criminal proceedings under this chapter.
2008 Acts, ch 1155, §18
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