Fraudulent Loans & Grants
The federal False Claims Act broadly prohibits anyone who does business with the federal government from engaging in fraudulent behavior. Accordingly, there are innumerable circumstances where such fraud may occur, and in which a Whistleblower may bring an action to expose the fraud and recover appropriate damages. An example of such fraud includes:
Universities, non-profit organizations, and hospitals often depend on government issued grants to conduct important research, and continue to perform much needed public services. Applicants for federal grants are often required to disclose how funds will be used, and what the intended research projects will do. False statements made to secure a grant or statements made to continue to receive funding under a grant can be a source of liability as can any violation of a condition of the grant.
Fraudulent grant claims may include:
- Failure to disclose all funding sources;
- Falsifying application information;
- Making false statements when administering grant money;
- Overstating success of research to qualify for more funding; and
- Misrepresenting program details like income, use of funds, how they are to be used, and other statements.
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