§ 5-61-5 - Criminal penalties. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 5-61-5

   § 5-61-5  Criminal penalties. – Any person including, but not limited to, the seller, a salesperson, agent orrepresentative of the seller or an independent contractor, who willfullyviolates any provision of this chapter or who directly or indirectly employsany device, scheme, or artifice to deceive in connection with the offer or saleby any telephonic seller, or who willfully, directly, or indirectly, engages inany act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as afraud or deceit upon any person in connection with a sale by any telephonicseller, upon conviction, shall be punished as follows:

   (1) By a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000)for each unlawful transaction;

   (2) By imprisonment in the state prison for not more than oneyear;

   (3) By both fine and imprisonment specified in subdivisions(1) and (2) of this section.