Misrepresentation and scheme or device.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) In addition to other penalties, sanctions or remedies as may apply, all or any part of a payment otherwise due (1) Concealing information that affects an registration or coverage election; (2) Submitting false or erroneous information; or (3) Creating a business arrangement using rental agreements or other arrangements to conceal the interest of a person or legal entity in a dairy operation for the purpose of obtaining MPP-Dairy payments the individual or legal entity would otherwise not be eligible to receive. Indicators of such business arrangement include, but are not limited to the following: (i) No milk is produced and commercially marketed by a participating dairy operation; (ii) The participating dairy operation has no appreciable assets; (iii) The only source of capital for the dairy operation is the MPP-Dairy payments; or (iv) The represented dairy operation exists mainly for the receipt of MPP-Dairy payments. (b) If the Deputy Administrator determines that a person or legal entity has adopted a scheme or device to evade, or that has the purpose of evading, the provisions of this subpart, such person or legal entity will be ineligible to receive MPP-Dairy payments in the year such scheme or device was adopted and the succeeding year. (c) A person or legal entity that perpetuates a fraud, commits fraud, or participates in equally serious actions for the benefit of the person or legal entity, or the benefit of any other person or legal entity, in violation of the r

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1430.118