(a) Any person who attempts to or obtains financial aid for a project hereunder by false or misleading information or who shall by fraud attempt to obtain moneys or shall fraudulently attempt to or does prevent the collection of moneys due to the department shall, for each offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or undergo imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.

(b) Any person who attempts to or does apply funds received from the department under this act to any purpose or activity other than those purposes and activities approved by the department, shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) and, in default of the payment of such fine and costs, shall undergo imprisonment for not more than thirty days.

(c) All fines and penalties imposed under the provisions of this section shall be paid into the “Solid Waste-Resource Recovery Development Fund.”