IC 4-2-6-14: Prohibitions; criminal penalty

Sec. 14. (a) A person may not do any of the following:

(1) Knowingly or intentionally induce or attempt to induce, by threat, coercion, suggestion, or false statement, a witness or informant in a commission proceeding or investigation conducted by the inspector general to do any of the following:

(A) Withhold or unreasonably delay the production of any testimony, information, document, or thing.

(B) Avoid legal process summoning the person to testify or supply evidence.

(C) Fail to appear at a proceeding or investigation to which the person has been summoned.

(D) Make, present, or use a false record, document, or thing with the intent that the record, document, or thing appear in a commission proceeding or investigation to mislead a commissioner or commission employee.

(2) Alter, damage, or remove a record, document, or thing except as permitted or required by law, with the intent to prevent the record, document, or thing from being produced or used in a commission proceeding or investigation conducted by the inspector general.

(3) Make, present, or use a false record, document, or thing with the intent that the record, document, or thing appear in a commission proceeding or investigation to mislead a commissioner or commission employee.

(b) A person who violates subsection (a) is subject to criminal prosecution under IC 35-44.2-1-3.