A person who files a false charge of a conflict of interest with the commission or a member of the commission that the person does not believe to be true, or a person who induces another to file a false charge of a conflict of interest that the person does not believe to be true, is guilty of a Class E crime.
Penalty for false accusations
1 M.R.S. § 1020, under GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS.
1 M.R.S. § 1020