533.63  False statements--penalties.

1.  A director, officer or employee of a credit union shall not intentionally publish, disseminate or distribute any advertising or notice containing any false, misleading or deceptive statements concerning rates, terms or conditions on which loans are made, or deposits or share installments are received, or concerning any charge which the credit union is authorized to impose pursuant to this chapter, or concerning the financial condition of the credit union. Any director, officer, or employee of a credit union who violates the provisions of this section commits fraudulent practice.

2.  Any person who maliciously or with intent to deceive makes, publishes, utters, repeats, or circulates any false statement concerning any credit union which imputes or tends to impute insolvency, unsound financial condition or financial embarrassment, or which may tend to cause or provoke or aid in causing or provoking a general withdrawal of deposits from such credit union, or which may otherwise injure or tend to injure the business or good will of such credit union, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

Section History: Early form

  [C79, 81, § 533.63]


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