Section 132. Criminal prosecution; certifications

1. The attorney-general
  may  prosecute  every  person  charged with the commission of a criminal
  offense in violation of this chapter, or  of  any  rule,  regulation  or
  order  made  thereunder,  or  in  violation  of  the laws of this state,
  applicable to or arising out of any provision of  this  chapter  or  any
  rule, regulation or order made thereunder.
    2.  Every  check  or  draft  issued directly to a benefit recipient or
  provider of health services in payment of a claim made pursuant to  this
  chapter   shall   contain  a  printed  statement  on  the  reverse  side
  immediately  above  the  signature  line  for  the   first   endorsement
  indicating  that in endorsing the check or draft for payment the benefit
  recipient or provider of health services is certifying that such  person
  is  entitled  to  such payment and that circumstances which would affect
  entitlement to receive the payment have not changed. The statement shall
  be in a  form  prescribed  by  the  workers'  compensation  board  after
  consultation with the superintendent of insurance.
    3.  The  check  or  draft described in subdivision two of this section
  shall be claim forms within the meaning of section 176.00 of  the  penal
  law  and  subsection  (d) of section four hundred three of the insurance
  law.