---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 25.5"
title: "15"
number: "25.5"
heading: "Review by the reviewing official."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/25.5"
---

# §25.5. Review by the reviewing official.

- (a) If, based on the report of the investigating official under [§ 25.4(b)](/cfr/15/25.4.md?p=b), the reviewing official determines that there is adequate evidence to believe that a person is liable under [§ 25.3](/cfr/15/25.3.md), the reviewing official shall transmit to the Attorney General a written notice of the reviewing official's intention to issue a complaint under [§ 25.7](/cfr/15/25.7.md).
- (b) Such notice shall include—
  - (1) A statement of the reviewing official's reasons for issuing a complaint;
  - (2) A statement specifying the evidence that supports the allegations of liability;
  - (3) A description of the claims or statements upon which the allegations of liability are based;
  - (4) An estimate of the amount of money, or the value of property, services, or other benefits, requested or demanded in violation of [§ 25.3](/cfr/15/25.3.md) of this part;
  - (5) A statement of any exculpatory or mitigating circumstances that may relate to the claims or statements known by the reviewing official or the investigating official; and
  - (6) A statement that there is a reasonable prospect of collecting an appropriate amount of penalties and assessments. Such a statement may be based upon information then known or an absence of any information indicating that the person may be unable to pay such an amount.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 6101-6104, Pub. L. 99-509, 100 Stat. 1874 (31 U.S.C. 3801-3812); Sec. 4, as amended, and sec. 5, Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 47854, Nov. 16, 1990, unless otherwise noted.