Section 26.05.925. Fraud against the government.

   (a) A member of the militia is guilty of fraud against the government if the member,
        (1) knowing it to be false or fraudulent,
             (A) makes a claim against the United States, the state, or an officer of the United States or the state; or
             (B) presents to a person in the civil or military service of the United States, the state, or an officer of the United States or the state, for approval or payment, a claim against the United States, the state, or an officer of the United States or the state;
        (2) for the purpose of obtaining the approval, allowance, or payment of a claim against the United States, the state, or an officer of the United States or the state,
             (A) makes or uses a writing or other paper knowing it to contain a false or fraudulent statement;
             (B) makes an oath, affirmation or certification to a fact, writing, or other paper knowing the oath, affirmation, or certification to be false; or
             (C) forges or counterfeits a signature on a writing or other paper or uses the signature, knowing it to be forged or counterfeited;
        (3) having charge, possession, custody, or control of money or other property of the United States or the state, that is furnished or intended for the armed forces of the United States or the militia of the state, knowingly delivers to a person having authority to receive it, any amount of the money or other property less than that for which the member receives a certificate or receipt; or
        (4) being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of property of the United States or the state, that is furnished or intended for the armed forces of the United States or the militia of the state, makes or delivers to a person the writing without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements contained in the writing and with intent to defraud the United States or the state.
   (b) A person found guilty of fraud against the government may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.

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History

(Sec. 4 ch 55 SLA 2016)