(a) Material misstatement—(1) Negligence. If any person makes a material misstatement in any affidavit or other statement under a penalty of perjury made with respect to the issuance of a mortgage credit certificate and such misstatement is due to the negligence of that person, that person shall pay a penalty of $1,000 for each mortgage credti certificate with respect to which that misstatement was made.
(2) Fraud. If a misstatement described in subparagraph (1) is due to fraud on the part of the person making the misstatement, that person shall pay a penalty of $10,000 for each mortgage credit certificate with respect to which the fraudulent misstatement was made. The penalty imposed by this paragraph (a)(2) is in addition to any criminal penalty.
(b) Reports. (1) Any person required by § 1.25-8T to file a report with respect to any mortgage credit certificate who fails to file the report at the time and in the manner required by § 1.25-8T shall pay a penalty of $200 for each mortgage credit certificate with respect to which that failure occurred. The preceding sentence shall not apply if it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.
(2) In the case of any report required under § 1.25-8T(b), the aggregate amount of the penalty imposed by this paragraph shall not exceed $2,000.
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