# False Claims Act; 3 Violations — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For False Claims Act; 3 Violations, agency is DOJ; statutory authority is 31 U.S.C. 3729(a); maximum penalty is 28,619; minimum penalty is 14,308,, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** DOJ _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** False Claims Act; 3 Violations _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 31 U.S.C. 3729(a) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 28,619 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum penalty:** 14,308, _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/31/3729> 31 U.S.C. 3729(a) | False Claims Act; 3 Violations | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/section-85.3#p-85.3(a)(9)> 28 CFR 85.3(a)(9) | Min 13,946, Max 27,894 | Min 14,308, Max 28,619

## 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/).