Md. Code, Insurance § 2-406
This is the official text of Md. Code, Insurance § 2-406, part of Maryland’s Code, Insurance — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§2–406.
Official statutory text
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a criminal prosecution for engaging in insurance fraud may be brought in any county in the State in which:
(1) an element of the insurance fraud was committed;
(2) the purported insured loss occurred;
(3) the insurance policy in question provides coverage;
(4) the insurer or an agent of the insurer received a false or misleading statement or document;
(5) the defendant or respondent resides; or
(6) money or other benefit was received as a result of the insurance fraud.
(b) For a civil fraud violation, the Commissioner may impose administrative penalties and order restitution under § 27–408(c) of this article when one or more of the occurrences listed in subsection (a) of this section takes place in the State.
(c) If insurance fraud is determined to have occurred in any of the locations listed in subsection (a) of this section, a criminal or civil fraud action for all related violations may be joined in the same action.
(1) an element of the insurance fraud was committed;
(2) the purported insured loss occurred;
(3) the insurance policy in question provides coverage;
(4) the insurer or an agent of the insurer received a false or misleading statement or document;
(5) the defendant or respondent resides; or
(6) money or other benefit was received as a result of the insurance fraud.
(b) For a civil fraud violation, the Commissioner may impose administrative penalties and order restitution under § 27–408(c) of this article when one or more of the occurrences listed in subsection (a) of this section takes place in the State.
(c) If insurance fraud is determined to have occurred in any of the locations listed in subsection (a) of this section, a criminal or civil fraud action for all related violations may be joined in the same action.
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