Embezzlement -- Fraudulent misappropriation by fiduciary

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    (a)    A fiduciary may not:

        (1)    fraudulently and willfully appropriate money or a thing of value that the fiduciary holds in a fiduciary capacity contrary to the requirements of the fiduciary’s trust responsibility; or

        (2)    secrete money or a thing of value that the fiduciary holds in a fiduciary capacity with a fraudulent intent to use the money or thing of value contrary to the requirements of the fiduciary’s trust responsibility.

    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of the misdemeanor of embezzlement and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year and not exceeding 5 years.

    (c)    A person who violates this section is subject to § 5-106(b) of the Courts Article.


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