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Penalty for knowingly making, using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement material to an obligation to pay or transmit funds or property with respect to grant, contract, or other agreement, or knowingly conceals or improperly avoids or decreases any such obligation, per each false record or statement

For Penalty for knowingly making, using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement material to an obligation to pay or transmit funds or property with respect to grant, contract, or other agreement, or knowingly conceals or improperly avoids or decreases any such obligation, per each false record or statement, agency is HHS; maximum penalty is 65,098, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

Agency
HHS our reading
Violation
Penalty for knowingly making, using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement material to an obligation to pay or transmit funds or property with respect to grant, contract, or other agreement, or knowingly conceals or improperly avoids or decreases any such obligation, per each false record or statement verified
Maximum penalty
65,098 verified
Sourceecfr.gov
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DatasetFederal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

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What the source says

| <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-1003.710#p-1003.710(a)(4)> 42 CFR 1003.710(a)(4) | OIG | Penalty for knowingly making, using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement material to an obligation to pay or transmit funds or property with respect to grant, contract, or other agreement, or knowingly conceals or improperly avoids or decreases any such obligation, per each false record or statement | 2024 | 63,450 | 65,098

ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-10

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