Rhode Island General Laws 19-9-22. Violations by officers and employees
Every president, director, officer, trustee, cashier, treasurer, teller, clerk, employee, or agent of any licensee licensed pursuant to chapter 14 of Title 19, regulated institution, or other depository, who, without authority of the directors or trustees, issues or puts forth any certificate of deposit, draws any order or bill of exchange, makes any acceptance, assigns any note, bond, draft, bill of exchange, mortgage, judgment, or decree, or who makes any false entry in any book, report, or statement of the licensee, regulated institution, or other depository with intent in either case to injure or defraud the licensee, regulated institution, or other depository, or any company, corporation, or person, or to deceive any officer of the licensee, regulated institution, or other depository, the director of business regulation, or any agent appointed by the director to examine the affairs of that licensee, regulated institution, or other depository; and any person who with like intent aids or abets any officer, clerk, or agent in violation of this section, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years, or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 1995, ch. 82, § 47; P.L. 2000, ch. 236, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 19-9-22
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.