KRS 40.990: Penalties.

(1) Any person who charges or collects or attempts to charge or collect, either directly

or indirectly, any fee or other compensation for assisting in any manner a person

seeking to obtain payment of a veterans' bonus shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and

upon conviction thereof, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor; but this

provision is not intended to prohibit:

(a) Collection by public officers of statutory fees for providing authenticated

copies of public records; or

(b) Collection by notaries public of not exceeding fifty cents ($0.50) for

administering an oath and giving a certificate thereof; or

(c) The giving of assistance or advice to claimants by any bona fide veterans'

organization, civic organization, institution, public or private body, or person ,

through one (1) or more persons compensated from the funds of such

organization, institution, or public or private body or person, if no fee or

charge therefor is collected from the asserted claimant.

(2) Whoever makes any false or fraudulent statement o f a material fact in any

application, affidavit, certificate, or document submitted or tendered for the purpose

of obtaining payment of a veterans' bonus under this chapter shall be guilty of a

Class D felony.

(3) Any persons conspiring to obtain payment o f a fraudulent claim for a veterans'

bonus, or conspiring to defraud one (1) who receives payment or has a bona fide

claim for payment of a veterans' bonus, shall be guilty of a Class D felony.