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Bookmark or Share- FEMA chief blasts false claims about Helene federal response | AP NewsUpdated 12:35 PM PDT, October 6, 2024. WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s top disaster relief official said Sunday that false claims and conspiracy theories about the federal response to Hurricane Helene — spread most prominently by Donald Trump — are “demoralizing” aid workers and creating fear in people who need recovery ...
- Civil Division | The False Claims Act - United States Department of JusticeThe FCA provides that any person who knowingly submits, or causes to submit, false claims to the government is liable for three times the government’s damages plus a penalty that is linked to inflation.
- False Claims Are Disrupting Recovery from Hurricane Helene - The New ...In North Carolina and other states, a barrage of conspiracy theories and false claims over efforts to bring relief after Hurricane Helene is alarming and disheartening officials and workers.
- 31 U.S. Code § 3729 - False claims - LII / Legal Information Institute31 U.S. Code § 3729 - False claims. (a) Liability for Certain Acts.—. knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval; knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim;
- False Claims Act | Wex | US Law - LII / Legal Information InstituteThe False Claims Act allows private parties to file qui tam actions alleging that defendants defrauded the federal government. See: 18 U.S.C. § 286, 18 U.S.C. § 287, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. If the suit succeeds, the private party may receive up to 30% of the government's award.
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