Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or another person files an application for insurance or statement of claim containing any materially false information, or conceals for the purpose of misleading information concerning any fact material thereto, commits a fraudulent insurance act, which is a crime and subjects the person to criminal and civil penalties. (Not applicable in CO, DC, FL, HI, MA, MN, NE, HO, OK, OR, VT, or WA; in LA, ME, TN, and VA insurance benefits may also be denied.)
In Massachusetts, Nebraska, Oregon, and Vermont, any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or another person files an application for insurance or statement of claim containing any materially false information, or conceals for the purpose of misleading information concerning any fact material thereto, may be comitting a fraudulent insurance act, which may be a crime and may subject the person to criminal and civil penalties.
In Washington, it is a crime to knowingly provide false, incomplete, or misleading information to an insurance company for the purpose of defrauding the company. Penalties include imprisonment, fines, and denial of insurance benefits.