IMPORTANT: Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or other person files an application for commercial insurance or a statement of claim for any commercial or personal insurance benefits containing any materially false information, or conceals for the purpose of misleading information concerning any fact material thereto,and any person who,in connection with such application or claim, knowingly makes or knowingly assists,abets,solicits or conspires with another to make a false report of the theft,destruction,damage or conversion of any motor vehicle to a law enforcement agency, the department of motor vehicle or an insurance company, commits a fraudulent insurance act, which is a crime, and shall also be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars and the value of the subject motor vehicle or stated claim for each violation.