Section 5306 Of Article 4. Penalties From California Financial Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 4.

. Any institution-affiliated party who knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice to defraud a savings association or to obtain any of the moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities or other property owned by or under the custody or control of a savings association by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000), by imprisonment in state prison for 2, 3, or 4 years, or by both that fine and imprisonment.