§ 160-vvvv. Violations. 1. Any person or company who fails to obtain a
certificate of registration required pursuant to this article shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. Criminal actions for failure to obtain a certificate of
registration may also be prosecuted by the attorney general, or his or
her deputy, in the name of the people of the state, and in any such
prosecution the attorney general, or his or her deputy, may exercise all
the powers and perform all the duties the district attorney is otherwise
authorized to exercise or to perform therein.