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Section 111A. Insurance policies; penalty for fraudulent claims.
Section 111A. Whoever, in connection with or in support of any claim
under any policy of insurance issued by any company, as defined in section
one of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, and with intent to injure,
defraud or deceive such company, presents to it, or aids or abets in or
procures the presentation to it of, any notice, statement, proof of loss,
bill of lading, bill of parcels, invoice, schedule, account or other written
document, whether or not the same is under oath or is required or authorized
by law or by the terms of such policy, knowing that such notice, statement,
proof of loss, bill of lading, bill of parcels, invoice, schedule, account
or other written document contains any false or fraudulent statement or
representation of any fact or thing material to such claim, or whoever with
intent as aforesaid makes, prepares or subscribes, or aids or abets in or
procures the making, preparation or subscription of, any such notice,
statement, proof of loss, bill of lading, bill of parcels, invoice,
schedule, account or other written document intended to be presented to any
such company in connection with or in support of any claim under any such
policy issued by it knowing that such notice, statement, proof of loss, bill
of lading, bill of parcels, invoice, schedule, account or other written
document contains any false or fraudulent statement or representation as
aforesaid, shall, except as provided in section one hundred and ten or one
hundred and eleven, be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not
more than five years or by imprisonment in jail for not less than six months
nor more than two and one half years or by a fine of not less than one
hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and
imprisonment in jail.
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