---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1014.11"
title: "10"
number: "1014.11"
heading: "Penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1014.11"
---

# §1014.11. Penalties.


A person who files a false claim or makes a false or fraudulent statement in a claim against the United States may be liable to a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both ([18 U.S.C. 1001](/usc/18/1001.md)), and, in addtion, to a forfeiture of $2,000 and a penalty of double the loss or damage sustained by the United States ([31 U.S.C 231](/usc/31/231.md)).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1(a), 80 Stat. 306, (28 U.S.C. 2672); 28 CFR part 14; sec. 644, Pub. L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 599, (42 U.S.C. 7254).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 7768, Feb. 4, 1980, unless otherwise noted.