---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 200.1520"
title: "32"
number: "200.1520"
heading: "Collateral estoppel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/200.1520"
---

# §200.1520. Collateral estoppel.

- (a) Where a final determination pertaining to the respondent's liability for acts that violate this part has been rendered in any proceeding in which the respondent was a party and had an opportunity to be heard, the respondent shall be bound by such determination in any proceeding under this part.
- (b) In a proceeding under this part, a person is estopped from denying the essential elements of the criminal offense if the proceeding—
  - (1) Is against a person who has been convicted (whether upon a verdict after trial or upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere) of a Federal crime charging fraud or false statements; and
  - (2) **Involves the same transactions as in the criminal action.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. chapter 55; 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7a.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 60705, Sept. 28, 2020, unless otherwise noted.