# Penalty for knowingly presenting or causing to be presented to an officer, employee, or agent of the United States a false claim — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for knowingly presenting or causing to be presented to an officer, employee, or agent of the United States a false claim, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1320a-7a(a); maximum penalty is 25,595, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for knowingly presenting or causing to be presented to an officer, employee, or agent of the United States a false claim _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 1320a-7a(a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 25,595 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1320a-7a(a) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-1003.210#p-1003.210(a)(1)> 42 CFR 1003.210(a)(1) | OIG | Penalty for knowingly presenting or causing to be presented to an officer, employee, or agent of the United States a false claim | 2024 | 24,947 | 25,595

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-102/section-102.3

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
Part of [Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies](https://referencesource.org/federal-civil-penalty-maximums/).