{"data":{"id":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-2024","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"13 V.S.A. § 2024","heading":"Workers’ compensation fraud; criminal penalties","body":"Any person, including an employee, employer, medical case manager, health care provider, vocational rehabilitation provider, or workers’ compensation insurance carrier, who knowingly and with intent to defraud makes a false statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining, affecting, or denying any benefit or payment under the provisions of 21 V.S.A. chapter 9 or the provisions of 8 V.S.A. Part 3, relating to insurance, either for herself or himself or for any other person, shall forfeit all benefits or payments obtained as a result of the false statement or representation and all or a portion of any right to compensation under the provisions of 21 V.S.A. chapter 9 as determined by the Commissioner and:\n(1) for fraud involving $10,000.00 or more, be fined not more than $100,000.00 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and\n(2) for fraud involving less than $10,000.00, be fined not more than $10,000.00 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.","path":["Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Chapter 047: Frauds"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/047/02024","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:16:58Z","sha256":"7c86ff5c1349e59a5d5d3e432f30f6ebbf93ff737300629162887e572ce3a26d","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-2023","next":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-2025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}