Any employer entrusted with or having in his control any tax required to be collected or withheld and constituting a "special fund in trust for this state" pursuant to section 43-415, who fraudulently appropriates, or secretes with a fraudulent intent to appropriate, to any use or purpose not in the due and lawful execution of the trust, pursuant to this article or any portion is guilty of a class 4 felony.

Attorney's Note

Under the Arizona Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 4 felonyup to 3 yearsup to $150,000
For details, see § 13-702

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 43-416