533C.706 Criminal penalties.

1. A person who intentionally makes a false statement, misrepresentation, or false certification in a record filed or required to be maintained under this chapter or who intentionally makes a false entry or omits a material entry in such a record is guilty of a class “D” felony.

2. A person who knowingly engages in an activity for which a license is required under this chapter without being licensed under this chapter is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

3. It shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following:

a. With intent to disguise the fact that money or a payment instrument is the proceeds of criminal conduct, or with intent to promote, manage, establish, carry on, or facilitate the promotion, management, establishment, or carrying on of any criminal conduct, to knowingly furnish or provide to a licensee, authorized delegate, financial institution, person engaged in a trade or business, or any officer, employee, agent, or authorized delegate of any of them, or to the attorney general or department of public safety, any false, inaccurate, or incomplete information; or to knowingly conceal a material fact in connection with a transaction for which a report is required to be filed pursuant to this chapter.

b. With the intent to disguise the fact that money or a payment instrument is the proceeds of criminal conduct, or with intent to promote, manage, establish, carry on, or facilitate the promotion, management, establishment, or carrying on of any criminal conduct, or with intent to evade the making or filing of a report required under this chapter, or with intent to cause the making or filing of a report that contains a material omission or misstatement of fact, to conduct or structure a transaction or series of transactions by or through one or more licensees, authorized delegates, financial institutions, or persons engaged in a trade or business.

4. A person who violates subsection 3 is guilty of a class “C” felony and is also subject to a civil penalty of three times the value of the property involved in the transaction, or, if no transaction is involved, five thousand dollars.

5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each violation of this section constitutes a separate, punishable offense.

2003 Acts, ch 96, §30, 42