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TITLE 22.  CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
SUBTITLE I.  CRIMINAL OFFENSES
CHAPTER 32.  THEFT; FRAUD; STOLEN PROPERTY; FORGERY; AND EXTORTION
SUBCHAPTER III-B.  TELEPHONE FRAUD
D.C. Code§ 22-3226.10
§ 22-3226.10. Criminal penalties

Any telephone solicitor who violates § 22-3226.06 and obtains property thereby shall be guilty of the crime of telemarketing fraud, which is punishable as follows:

(1) If the amount of the transaction is valued at $ 20,000 or more, the seller or telephone solicitor shall upon conviction be guilty of a felony, and shall be subject to a fine of not more than $ 10,000 or imprisonment for not more than 4 years, or both.

(2) If the amount of the transaction is valued at less than $ 20,000 but more than $ 5,000, the seller or telephone solicitor shall upon conviction be guilty of a felony, and shall be subject to a fine of not more than $ 5,000 or imprisonment for not more than 3 years, or both.

(3) If the amount of the transaction is valued at less than $ 5,000 or less, the seller or telephone solicitor shall upon conviction be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not more than $ 500 or imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both.

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