Frauds: Penalties

(a)Any person who, by means of a willfully false statement or representation, or by impersonation or other fraudulent device, obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any other person to obtain, public assistance to which he is not justly entitled, or a larger amount of assistance than that to which he is justly entitled, or any recipient who buys or disposes of real property or any person who knowingly aids or abets a recipient in the purchase or sale of real property without the consent of the Director, in order to qualify for public assistance, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree.

(b)A person receiving assistance under this Subchapter who willfully fails to report to the Department a change in his status which affects his eligibility, within ten

(10)days of that change, is guilty of a misdemeanor.