Fraudulent statements or failure to make statements to employee.

A person required under this title, or under regulations made under authority thereof, to furnish a statement or supply information to an employee, who willfully furnishes a false or fraudulent statement or false or fraudulent information, or who willfully fails to furnish a statement or supply information to an employee in the manner and at the time prescribed under this title, or under regulations made under authority thereof, shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in [ § 22-3571.01 ], or imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both, together with costs of prosecution. All prosecutions under this section shall be brought in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on information by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia in the name of the District.