41 U.S.C. § 119 : US Code - Section 119: Fraudulent claims, vouchers, statements, etc.; jurisdiction

Search 41 U.S.C. § 119 : US Code - Section 119: Fraudulent claims, vouchers, statements, etc.; jurisdiction

Every person who makes or causes to be made, or presents or
causes to be presented to any officer, agent, or employee of any
Government agency any claim, bill, receipt, voucher, statement,
account, certificate, affidavit, or deposition, knowing the same to
be false, fraudulent, or fictitious or knowing the same to contain
or to be based on any false, fraudulent, or fictitious statement or
entry, or who shall cover up or conceal any material fact, or who
shall use or engage in any other fraudulent trick, scheme, or
device, for the purpose of securing or obtaining, or aiding to
secure or obtain, for any person any benefit, payment,
compensation, allowance, loan, advance, or emolument from the
United States or any Government agency in connection with the
termination, cancelation, settlement, payment, negotiation,
renegotiation, performance, procurement, or award of a contract
with the United States or with any other person, and every person
who enters into an agreement, combination, or conspiracy so to do,
(1) shall pay to the United States an amount equal to 25 per centum
of any amount thereby sought to be wrongfully secured or obtained
but not actually received, and (2) shall forfeit and refund any
such benefit, payment, compensation, allowance, loan, advance, and
emolument received as a result thereof and (3) shall in addition
pay to the United States the sum of $2,000 for each such act, and
double the amount of any damage which the United States may have
sustained by reason thereof, together with the costs of suit.
The several district courts of the United States, the several
district courts of the Territories of the United States, within
whose jurisdictional limits the person, or persons, doing or
committing such act, or any one of them, resides or shall be found,
shall, wheresoever such act may have been done or committed, have
full power and jurisdiction to hear, try, and determine such suit,
and such person or persons as are not inhabitants of or found
within the district in which suit is brought may be brought in by
order of the court to be served personally or by publication or in
such other reasonable manner as the court may direct.