Maryland · Maryland Code — Criminal Law Article
Md. Code, Crim. Law § 7-113: (a) A fiduciary may not: (1) fraudulently and willfully appropriate money or a thing of value that the fiduciary holds in a fiduciary capacity contrary to the requirements of the fiduciary’s trust responsibility; or (2) secrete money or a thing of value that the fiduciary holds in a fiduciary capaci
Felony
What this law says, in plain English
A fiduciary who fraudulently takes or hides money or property entrusted to them violates this statute. Conviction carries imprisonment of 1 to 5 years.
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