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Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES
Chapter 37: FRAUD
§905

§904. Private bribery

1.  A person is guilty of private bribery if:  
A. That person promises, offers or gives any pecuniary benefits to:  
(1) An employee or agent with the intention to influence that employee's or agent's conduct adversely to the interest of the employer or principal of the agent or employee;  
(2) A hiring agent or an official or employee in charge of employment upon agreement or understanding that a particular person, including the actor, will be hired, retained in employment or discharged or suspended from employment;  
(3) A fiduciary with the intent to influence that fiduciary to act contrary to that fiduciary's fiduciary duty;  
(4) A sports participant with the intent to influence that sports participant not to give that sports participant's best efforts in a sports contest;  
(5) A sports official with the intent to influence that sports official to perform that sports official's duties improperly; or  
(6) A person in a position of trust and confidence in that person's relationship to a 3rd person, with the intention that the trust or confidence will be used to influence the 3rd person to become a customer of the actor, or as compensation for the past use of such influence; or   [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §55 (COR).]
B. That person knowingly solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit, the giving of which would be criminal under paragraph A.   [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §56 (COR).]
[RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §§55, 56 (COR).]
2.  Private bribery is a Class D crime.  
[PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §§55, 56 (COR).
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