Rhode Island General Laws 11-68-3. Penalties for violations
(a) Any person convicted of exploiting an elder person as provided under this chapter shall be punished as follows:
(1) If the funds, assets, or property involved in the exploitation of the elder person are valued at less than five hundred dollars ($500), the person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or both.
(2) If the funds, assets, or property involved in the exploitation of the elder person are valued at five hundred dollars ($500) or more, but less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than fifteen (15) years or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or both.
(3) If the funds, assets, or property involved in the exploitation of the elder person are valued at one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more, the person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) years or by a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 2008, ch. 161, § 2; P.L. 2008, ch. 204, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-68-3
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Elder person: means a person sixty (60) years of age or older. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-68-1
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6