[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR702.217]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
  CHAPTER VI--EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 702--ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Claims Procedures
 
Sec. 702.217  Penalty for false statement, misrepresentation.

    (a) Any claimant or representative of a claimant who knowingly and 
willfully makes a false statement or representation for the purpose of 
obtaining a benefit or payment under this Act shall be guilty of a 
felony, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to 
exceed $10,000, by imprisonment not to exceed five years, or by both.
    (b) Any person including, but not limited to, an employer, its duly 
authorized agent or an employee of an insurance carrier, who knowingly 
and willingly makes a false statement or representation for the purpose 
of reducing, denying or terminating benefits to an injured employee, or 
his dependents pursuant to section 9, 33 U.S.C. 909, if the injury 
results in death, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000, by 
imprisonment not to exceed five years, or both.

[50 FR 398, Jan. 3, 1985]

                                 Claims