(3) a violation of § 9-1106 of the Labor and Employment Article; or

(4) any other fraudulent activity that is committed by or against a person regulated under this article and is a violation of:

(i) Title 1, Subtitle 3 of the Agriculture Article;

(ii) Title 19, Subtitle 2 or Subtitle 3 of the Business Regulation Article;

(iii) Title 14, Subtitle 29, § 11-810, or § 14-1317 of the Commercial Law Article;

(iv) the Criminal Law Article other than Title 8, Subtitle 2, Part II or § 10-614;

(v) Title 12, Subtitle 9 of the Financial Institutions Article;

(vi) § 14-127 of the Real Property Article;

(vii) § 6-301 of the Alcoholic Beverages Article;

(viii) § 109 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Caroline County;

(ix) § 4-103 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Carroll County; or

(x) § 8A-1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Talbot County.

Under §§ 7-101 through 7-104, theft is defined as willfully or knowingly obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property if the person intends to deprive the owner of the property, willfully or knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the property in a manner that deprives or probably will deprive the owner of the property; obtaining control over property by willfully or knowingly using deception if the person intends to deprive the owner of the property, willfully or knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the property in a manner that deprives or probably will deprive the owner of the property.

A person may not possess stolen property knowing that or believing that it probably has been stolen if it intends to deprive the owner of the property or willingly, knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the property in a manner that deprives or probably will deprive the owner of the property.

In the case of buying or selling goods, the knowledge required under this section is inferred if the person possesses or controls property stolen from more than one person on separate occasions or has acquired stolen property in a separate transaction in the year proceeding the criminal possession charge or acquired the property at a price far below reasonable value.

A person may not obtain control over property knowing the property was lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake if the person knows or learns the identity of the owner or that there is a reasonable method of determining the identity of the owner, fails to take reasonable measures to return the property, and intends to deprive the owner permanently of use or benefit of the property. A person may not obtain the services of another that are available for compensation by deception or with knowledge that the services are provided without the consent of the person providing them.

Penalties:

Theft of property less than $100 guilty of misdemeanor subject to prison not to exceed 90 days and fine not to exceed $500 or both.

Property with value at least $100 but less than $1,500 guilt of misdemeanor and subject to prison not to exceed 6 months or fine not over $500 or both for first offense; second offense prison not to exceed one year and fine not to exceed $500 or both.

Property at least $1,500 but less than $25,000 guilty of a felony and prison not to exceed 5 years and fine not over $10,000 or both.

$25,000 but less than $100,000 guilty of felony and prison not to exceed 10 years fine not over $15,000 or both.

$100,000 or more guilty of felony and prison not to exceed 20 years and fine not over $25,000 or both.