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The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 101,000 reports of scams and fraud against people ages 60 and older in 2023, with the number of older Americans reporting losses of ...
The Contract Disputes Act of 1978 ("CDA", Pub. L. 95–563, 92 Stat. 2383), which became effective on March 1, 1979, establishes the procedures for handling "claims" relating to United States Federal Government contracts. It is codified, as amended, at 41 U.S.C. §§ 7101–7109.
It is the federal government's primary litigation tool in combating fraud against the government. [2] The law includes a qui tam provision that allows people who are not affiliated with the government, called " relators " under the law, to file actions on behalf of the government.
The crime of major fraud against the United States (18 U.S.C. § 1031), which previously covered only fraud in government procurement and contracts for services, is amended to include a wider range of government involvement, including grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, transactions under the Troubled Assets Relief ...
Defrauding seniors has long been a favorite pastime of scammers -- especially during the holiday season -- but it has really picked up steam in recent years. Elder fraud losses have increased ...
The director of fraud victim support for AARP's Fraud Watch Network, Amy Nofziger, says her team takes 500 calls a day from its over-50 members and others informing them of a variety of scams.
Several statutes, mostly codified in Title 18 of the United States Code, provide for federal prosecution of public corruption in the United States.Federal prosecutions of public corruption under the Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, the Travel Act (enacted 1961), and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt ...
A North Texas construction contractor was sentenced to five years of probation and three months in jail after pleading guilty to fraud, Parker County District Attorney Jeff Swain announced in a ...