13-10-102. False statements.

(a) Any owner, director, officer or employee of a financial institution who makes any false entry or fails to make new entries of matters pertaining to the affairs of the financial institution in the books or statements of the financial institution with intent to injure or defraud the financial institution or deceive any officer of the financial institution or any person appointed to examine the affairs of the financial institution is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), imprisonment for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, or both.

(b) Any officer, director, owner or employee of a financial institution who willfully and knowingly subscribes, makes or causes to be made any false statement or report to the state banking commissioner, or subscribes or exhibits false papers with intent to deceive any person authorized to examine the affairs of the financial institution, or states or publishes any false report or statement of the financial institution is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), imprisonment for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, or both.

(c) Any person who willfully and knowingly makes, circulates or transmits any false statement or rumor to another which is directly or indirectly derogatory to the financial condition or affects the solvency or financial standing of a financial institution doing business in Wyoming is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.