Mont. Code Ann. § 33-1-1504
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33-1-1504 Criminal insurance fraud
Official statutory text
33-1-1504 . Criminal insurance fraud. (1) A person commits the offense of insurance fraud when the person purposely or knowingly:
(a) for the purpose of obtaining any money or benefit, presents or causes to be presented to any person any written or oral statement, including computer-generated documents, containing false, incomplete, or misleading information concerning any fact or thing material to, as part of, or in support of a claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to an insurance policy;
(b) presents or causes to be presented to or by an insurer, as defined in 33-1-201 , or to an insurance producer or administrator, as defined in 33-17-102 , a materially false or altered application of insurance;
(c) as a health care provider as defined in 33-38-102 , submits a false or altered bill or report of physical condition to an insurer; or
(d) presents or causes to be presented false, incomplete, or misleading insurance documents to any person.
(2) (a) A person convicted of criminal insurance fraud involving a benefit or benefits with a value not exceeding $1,500 shall be fined not more than $1,500 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both.
(b) A person convicted of the offense of insurance fraud involving a benefit or benefits with a value exceeding $1,500 shall be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000 or be imprisoned in a state prison for a term not to exceed 10 years, or both.
(c) A person convicted of the offense of insurance fraud involving a common scheme as defined in 45-2-101 shall be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000 or be imprisoned in a state prison for a term not to exceed 10 years, or both.
(a) for the purpose of obtaining any money or benefit, presents or causes to be presented to any person any written or oral statement, including computer-generated documents, containing false, incomplete, or misleading information concerning any fact or thing material to, as part of, or in support of a claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to an insurance policy;
(b) presents or causes to be presented to or by an insurer, as defined in 33-1-201 , or to an insurance producer or administrator, as defined in 33-17-102 , a materially false or altered application of insurance;
(c) as a health care provider as defined in 33-38-102 , submits a false or altered bill or report of physical condition to an insurer; or
(d) presents or causes to be presented false, incomplete, or misleading insurance documents to any person.
(2) (a) A person convicted of criminal insurance fraud involving a benefit or benefits with a value not exceeding $1,500 shall be fined not more than $1,500 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both.
(b) A person convicted of the offense of insurance fraud involving a benefit or benefits with a value exceeding $1,500 shall be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000 or be imprisoned in a state prison for a term not to exceed 10 years, or both.
(c) A person convicted of the offense of insurance fraud involving a common scheme as defined in 45-2-101 shall be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000 or be imprisoned in a state prison for a term not to exceed 10 years, or both.
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