COMMON TYPES OF FRAUD
The Federal False Claims Act has the broad potential to reach any false or fraudulent claim for payment made, either directly or indirectly, to the United States government. Likewise, many of the growing number of state false claims acts apply to any claim for payment made, directly or indirectly, to the state government.
By casting such a wide net, these false claims statutes have proven uniquely effective in combating many different forms of fraud against the federal and state governments. Some of the most common types of fraud that have been exposed and prosecuted using false claims acts are:
To learn more about each of these common types of fraud, please click on the links above.
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