---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 756.14"
title: "7"
number: "756.14"
heading: "Misrepresentation, scheme, or device."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/756.14"
---

# §756.14. Misrepresentation, scheme, or device.

- (a) A producer will be ineligible to receive assistance under the OFF Program if the producer is determined by the FSA State committee or FSA county committee to have knowingly:
  - (1) Adopted any scheme or device that tends to defeat the purpose of the OFF Program;
  - (2) Made any fraudulent representation; or
  - (3) Misrepresented any fact affecting a determination under the OFF Program, then FSA will notify the appropriate investigating agencies of the United States and take steps deemed necessary to protect the interests of the Government.
- (b) Any funds disbursed pursuant to this part to any person or operation engaged in a misrepresentation, scheme, or device, will be refunded to FSA. The remedies provided in this part are in addition to other civil, criminal, or administrative remedies that may apply.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 778, Pub. L. 116-6, 133 Stat. 91.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 70699, Dec. 13, 2021, unless otherwise noted.