Responsabilidad por Solicitar Negocios de Fraude en California

Explicación Simple

Si alguien sabe que un negocio está haciendo trampa y aún así les ayuda a conseguir clientes, eso es ilegal. Pueden ir a la cárcel o pagar una gran multa si los atrapan.

Es como si supieras que un amigo está vendiendo limonada en mal estado, pero decides ayudarlo a vender más. Estás siendo cómplice de algo malo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan trabaja en una agencia de seguros y se entera de que su colega, Ana, está engañando a los clientes. A pesar de esto, Juan le presenta nuevos clientes. Si esto sale a la luz, Juan podría enfrentar una pena de cárcel o una multa significativa.

Penalidades

Hasta un año de cárcel o multas de hasta $50,000, además de restitución a las víctimas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Penal Code - PEN PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 - 680.4] ( Part 1 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 13. OF CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY [450 - 593g] ( Title 13 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 10. Crimes Against Insured Property and Insurers [548 - 551] ( Heading of Chapter 10 renumbered from Chapter 11 by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373. ) 549. Any firm, corporation, partnership, or association, or any person acting in his or her individual capacity, or in his or her capacity as a public or private employee, who solicits, accepts, or refers any business to or from any individual or entity with the knowledge that, or with reckless disregard for whether, the individual or entity for or from whom the solicitation or referral is made, or the individual or entity who is solicited or referred, intends to violate Section 550 of this code or Section 1871.4 of the Insurance Code is guilty of a crime, punishable upon a first conviction by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for 16 months, two years, or three years, or by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or double the amount of the fraud, whichever is greater, or by both that imprisonment and fine. A second or subsequent conviction is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 or by that imprisonment and a fine of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Restitution shall be ordered, including restitution for any medical evaluation or treatment services obtained or provided. The court shall determine the amount of restitution and the person or persons to whom the restitution shall be paid. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 391. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amen