Section 178 Violations; punishment - Massachusetts Statutes

Section 178. Any person who willfully requests, obtains or seeks to obtain criminal offender record information under false pretenses, or who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate criminal offender record information to any agency or person except in accordance with the provisions of sections one hundred and sixty-eight to one hundred and seventy-five, inclusive, or any member, officer, employee or agency of the board or any participating agency, or any person connected with any authorized research program, who willfully falsifies criminal offender record information, or any records relating thereto, shall for each offense be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year, or both.