Cal Bus & Prof Code § 17511.9
§ 17511.9. Punishment for violation of article or for fraud or deceit
Except as provided in Section 17511.8, any person, including, but not limited to, the seller, a
salesperson, agent or representative of the seller, or an independent contractor, who willfully violates any
provision of this article or who directly or indirectly employs any device, scheme, or artifice to deceive in
connection with the offer or sale by any telephonic seller, or who willfully, directly, or indirectly, engages
in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any
person in connection with a sale by any telephonic seller shall, upon conviction, be punished as follows:
(a)
By a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($ 10,000) for each unlawful transaction.
(b)
By imprisonment in the state prison, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year.
(c)
By both the fine and imprisonment specified in subdivisions (a) and (b).
