Maryland Code, Natural Resources § 3-2A-12

(a) A person may not knowingly make or cause to be made any false statement or report, including any understatement or overstatement of financial condition for a new grant or affecting a grant already made under this subtitle:

(b) Any person or any aider or abettor, who violates any provision of this subtitle, is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding 5 years or both.