---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 10.9"
title: "40"
number: "10.9"
heading: "Penalties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/10.9"
---

# §10.9. 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](/usc/18/287.md),[1001](/usc/18/1001.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. 3729](/usc/31/3729.md)).


## Notes

### Amendments

[38 FR 16868, June 27, 1973, as amended at 51 FR 25832, July 16, 1986]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1, 80 Stat. 306; 28 U.S.C. 2672; 28 CFR part 14.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 16868, June 27, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[38 FR 16868, June 27, 1973, as amended at 51 FR 25832, July 16, 1986]