(a) Any claimant who practices or attempts to practice fraud upon the state in the statement, proof or allowance of a claim shall forfeit such claim to the state. The tribunal before which such claim is pending shall specially find such fraud and it shall enter its judgment or order of forfeiture.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 4-163

  • Claim: means a petition for the payment or refund of money by the state or for permission to sue the state. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-141
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association or other group, including political subdivisions of the state. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-141

(b) Any person who knowingly presents or attempts to present and any person who knowingly participates in the preparation, presentation or allowance of a false or fraudulent claim shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both. Any state officer or employee so convicted shall be subject to removal from his office or employment.

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