21-5838. Conducting a pyramid promotional scheme. (a) Conducting a pyramid promotional scheme is knowingly establishing, operating, advertising or promoting any pyramid promotional scheme.
(b) Conducting a pyramid promotional scheme is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.
(c) A limitation as to the number of persons who may participate or the presence of additional conditions affecting eligibility for the opportunity to receive compensation under the plan or operation does not change the identity of the scheme as a pyramid promotional scheme.
(d) It is not a defense under this section that a participant, on giving consideration, obtains any goods, services or intangible property in addition to the right to receive compensation.
(e) The attorney general, or county attorney or district attorney, or both, may institute criminal action to prosecute this offense.
(f) As used in this section, "pyramid promotional scheme" means a plan or operation by which a participant gives consideration for the opportunity to receive compensation which is derived primarily from any person's introduction of other persons into participation in the plan or operation rather than from the sale of goods, services or intangible property by the participant or other persons introduced into the plan or operation.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, ยง 124; July 1, 2011.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments
Article 58 - Crimes Involving Property
21-5802 Theft of property lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake.
21-5803 Criminal deprivation of property.
21-5805 Unlawful acts involving theft detection shielding devices.
21-5806 Unlawful use of recordings.
21-5807 Burglary; aggravated burglary.
21-5809 Trespassing on railroad property.
21-5811 Commercial fossil hunting.
21-5812 Arson; aggravated arson.
21-5813 Criminal damage to property; aggravated criminal damage to property.
21-5814 Criminal use of an explosive.
21-5816 Tampering with a landmark.
21-5817 Tampering with a traffic signal; aggravated tampering with a traffic signal.
21-5820 Unlawful posting of political pictures and political advertisements.
21-5821 Giving a worthless check.
21-5822 Causing an unlawful prosecution for giving a worthless check.
21-5824 Making false information.
21-5826 Destroying a written instrument.
21-5827 Altering a legislative document.
21-5828 Criminal use of a financial card.
21-5829 Unlawful manufacture or disposal of false tokens.
21-5830 Impairing a security interest.
21-5831 Warehouse receipt fraud.
21-5832 Unauthorized delivery of stored goods.
21-5833 Automobile master key violation.
21-5834 Sale of recut or regrooved tires.
21-5835 Unlawful acts concerning odometers.
21-5836 Unlawful acts concerning certificates of title.
21-5837 Adding dockage or foreign material to grain.
21-5838 Conducting a pyramid promotional scheme.