# Ethics Reform Act of 1989; Penalties for Conflict of Interest Crimes 5 (per violation) — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Ethics Reform Act of 1989; Penalties for Conflict of Interest Crimes 5 (per violation), agency is DOJ; statutory authority is 18 U.S.C. 216(b); maximum penalty is 125,662, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** DOJ _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Ethics Reform Act of 1989; Penalties for Conflict of Interest Crimes 5 (per violation) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 18 U.S.C. 216(b) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 125,662 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/216> 18 U.S.C. 216(b) | Ethics Reform Act of 1989; Penalties for Conflict of Interest Crimes 5 (per violation) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/section-85.3#p-85.3(c)> 28 CFR 85.3(c) | 122,480 | 125,662

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/chapter-I/part-85/section-85.5

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/).