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Conspiring to commit any violation of the False Claims Act; Falsely certifying the type or amount of property to be used by the government; Certifying receipt of property on a document without completely knowing that the information is true; Knowingly buying government property from an unauthorized officer of the government, and;
Allison Engine Co. v. United States ex rel.Sanders, 553 U.S. 662 (2008), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States holding that plaintiffs under the False Claims Act must prove that the false claim was made with the specific intent of inducing the government to pay or approve payment of a false or fraudulent claim, rather than merely defrauding a contractor. [1]
Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) is the common name for the United States federal process crime laid out in Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code, which generally prohibits knowingly and willfully making false or fraudulent statements, or concealing information, in "any matter within the jurisdiction" of the federal government of the United States, [1] even by merely ...
The False Claims Act allows a private person, known as a "relator," to bring a lawsuit on behalf of the United States, where the private detective or other person has information that the named defendant has knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false or fraudulent claims to the United States.
Former President Donald Trump repeated a series of false claims, many of which have long been debunked, about immigration and other subjects in his speech at a Sunday evening rally at Madison ...
Facts First: This claim is false in two significant ways. First, theft under $950 remains illegal in California; it is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail.
In British Columbia, any person who submits a motor vehicle insurance claim that contains false or misleading information may be fined, imprisoned, or both. [56] The Insurance Crime Prevention Bureau is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1973 to help fight insurance fraud. This organization collects information on insurance fraud, and ...
False claims that federal emergency disaster money was given to migrants in the U.S. illegally have spread quickly in recent days, boosted by former President Donald Trump and some of his most ...