FALSE CLAIMS ACT

False Claims Act.A federal statute establishing civil and criminal penalties against persons

who bill the government falsely, deliver less to the government than represented, or use a fake

record to decrease an obligation to the government. 18 USCA §§ 286–287; 31 USCA §§ 3729–3733. • The Act may be enforced either by the attorney general or by a private person in a

qui tam action. See QUI TAM ACTION. [Cases: United States 120.C.J.S. United States §§ 205,

242, 272.][Blacks Law 8th]