---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 35.9"
title: "34"
number: "35.9"
heading: "Penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/35.9"
---

# §35.9. 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 of not more than 5 years, or both ([18 U.S.C. 287.1001](/usc/18/287.1001.md)), and, in addition, 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.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 30834, May 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.