§ 5905.
Whoever wrongfully withholds from any claimant or beneficiary any part of a benefit or claim allowed and due to the claimant or beneficiary, shall be fined as provided in title 18, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
([Pub. L. 85–857], Sept. 2, 1958, [72 Stat. 1239], § 3405; [Pub. L. 99–576, title VII, § 701(81)], Oct. 28, 1986, [100 Stat. 3298]; [Pub. L. 100–687, div. A, title I, § 104(b)], Nov. 18, 1988, [102 Stat. 4109]; renumbered § 5905 and amended [Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1)], (d)(1), May 7, 1991, [105 Stat. 238], 239; [Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1)], Aug. 6, 1991, [105 Stat. 406]; [Pub. L. 109–461, title I, § 101(g)], Dec. 22, 2006, [120 Stat. 3408].)