15 U.S.C. § 2070
Sections in this chapter
- § 2051
- § 2052
- § 2053
- § 2053a
- § 2054
- § 2055
- § 2055a
- § 2056a
- § 2056
- § 2056b
- § 2056c
- § 2056d
- § 2056e
- § 2056f
- § 2057
- § 2057a
- § 2057b
- § 2057c
- § 2057d
- § 2057e
- § 2058
- § 2059
- § 2060
- § 2061
- § 2062
- § 2063
- § 2064
- § 2065
- § 2066
- § 2067
- § 2068
- § 2069
- § 2070
- § 2071
- § 2072
- § 2073
- § 2074
- § 2075
- § 2076
- § 2076a
- § 2076b
- § 2077
- § 2078
- § 2079
- § 2080
- § 2081
- § 2082
- § 2083
- § 2084
- § 2085
- § 2086
- § 2087
- § 2088
- § 2089
- § 2090
§ 2070. Criminal penalties
- (a) Violation of section 2068 of this title is punishable by—
- (1) imprisonment for not more than 5 years for a knowing and willful violation of that section;
- (2) a fine determined under section 3571 of title 18 ; or
- (3) both.
- (b) Any individual director, officer, or agent of a corporation who knowingly and willfully authorizes, orders, or performs any of the acts or practices constituting in whole or in part a violation of section 2068 of this title shall be subject to penalties under this section without regard to any penalties to which that corporation may be subject under subsection (a).
- (c)
- (1) In addition to the penalties provided by subsection (a), the penalty for a criminal violation of this chapter or any other Act enforced by the Commission may include the forfeiture of assets associated with the violation.
- (2) In this subsection, the term “criminal violation” means a violation of this chapter or any other Act enforced by the Commission for which the violator is sentenced to pay a fine, be imprisoned, or both.
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