AI-assisted research summary: This section makes certain false record statements and unlicensed licensed-activity conduct criminal offenses, assigns enforcement duties to the commission, and allows a district attorney to let the commission act on its behalf.
(a) A person that intentionally makes a false statement, misrepresentation, or false certification in a record filed or required to be maintained under this chapter or that intentionally makes a false entry or omits a material entry in such a record, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class D felony. (b) A person that knowingly engages in an activity for which a license is required under this chapter without being licensed under this chapter and who receives more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) in compensation within a one-year period from this activity, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (c) A person that knowingly engages in an activity for which a license is required under this chapter without being licensed under this chapter and who receives no more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) in compensation within a one-year period from this activity, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class D felony. (d) The enforcement of this chapter shall be vested in the commission. It is the duty of the commission to enforce this chapter and to investigate, prevent, and detect violations of this chapter. The commission is vested with the rights, privileges, and powers conferred by law upon district attorneys, including the power to appear before grand juries and to interrogate witnesses before such grand jury. A district attorney may empower the commission to proceed on its behalf in any proceeding under this chapter. (e) In any proceeding under this chapter, scienter need not be alleged and proved in prosecutions of violations involving unlicensed money transmission. (f) A proceeding under this chapter shall not preempt or foreclose any criminal action or liability which may arise under any other criminal provision of the Code of Alabama 1975.