{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-62c-35f","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, § 35F","heading":"Penalties for sale or offers for sale of an automated sales suppression device or phantom-ware","body":"Section 35F. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:\n''Automated sales suppression device'', a software program, carried on a memory stick or removable compact disc or accessed through an internet link or through any other means, that falsifies the electronic records of electronic cash registers or other point-of-sale systems including, but not limited to, transaction data and transaction reports.\n''Phantom-ware'', a hidden programming option that is embedded in the operating system of an electronic cash register or hardwired into the electronic cash register and may be used to create a virtual second till or to eliminate or manipulate transaction records to represent the true or manipulated record of transactions in the electronic cash register.\n(b) A person or entity that sells or offers for sale an automated sales suppression device or phantom-ware shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by this chapter, be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 for the first offense and not more than $50,000 for each subsequent offense. A person or entity that purchases, installs, transfers, maintains, repairs or possesses an automated sales suppression device or phantom-ware shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by this chapter, be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for the first offense and not more than $25,000 for each subsequent offense. The penalty shall be paid upon notice by the commissioner and shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as a tax.","path":["Part I","Title IX","Chapter 62C"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter62C/Section35F","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:21:02Z","sha256":"45080dd311deacfdd7d85b027c4c0378820d92d44c94e0619cc8e5637470848a","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-62c-35e","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-62c-36"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}