Criminal and Prohibited Activities Clause Samples

The Criminal and Prohibited Activities clause defines and prohibits certain actions that are illegal or expressly forbidden under the agreement. It typically outlines behaviors such as fraud, money laundering, or other unlawful conduct that parties must avoid while engaged in the contract. By clearly identifying unacceptable activities, this clause helps protect all parties from legal liability and ensures compliance with applicable laws, thereby reducing the risk of criminal exposure or reputational harm.
Criminal and Prohibited Activities. The Recipient will adhere to the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3801-3812, which provides for the imposition of civil penalties against persons who make false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims to the Federal Government for money. Recipient will also adhere to the False Statements Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 287 and 1001 which provides that whoever makes or presents any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements, representations, or claims against the United States shall be subject to imprisonment of not more than 5 years and shall be subject to a fine in the amount provided by 18 U.S.C. § 287. Recipient shall also adhere to the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, which provides that suits under this act can be brought by the Government or a person on behalf of the Government, for false claims under the Federal assistance programs. Recipient shall also adhere to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ “Anti-Kickback” Act, 18 U.S.C. § 874 and 40 U.S.C. § 3145, which prohibits a person or organization engaged in a Federally supported project from enticing an employee working on the project from giving up a part of his compensation under an employment contract.
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Criminal and Prohibited Activities. 1. The Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (31 U.S.C. § 3801 et seq.), provides for the imposition of civil penalties against persons who make false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims to the Federal Government for money (including money representing grants, loans, or other benefits). 2. The False Claims Amendments Act of 1986 and the False Statements Accountability Act of 1996 (18 U.S.C. §§ 287 and 1001, respectively), provide that whoever makes or presents any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement, representation, or claim against the United States must be subject to imprisonment of not more than five years and must be subject to a fine in the amount provided by 18 U.S.C. § 287. 3. The Civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 - 3733), provides that suits can be brought by the government, or a person on behalf of the government, for false claims made under Federal assistance programs. 4. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Anti-Kickback Act (18 U.S.C. § 874), prohibits a person or organization engaged in a Federally supported project from enticing an employee working on the project from giving up a part of his compensation under an employment contract. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Anti-Kickback Act also applies to contractors and subcontractors pursuant to 40 U.S.C. § 3145. 5. The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. § 4601 et seq.) and implementing regulations issued at 15 C.F.R. Part 11, which provides for fair and equitable treatment of displaced persons or of persons whose property is acquired as a result of Federal or Federally-assisted programs. These requirements apply to all interests in real property acquired for project purposes regardless of Federal participation in purchases. 6. The Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 1501-1508 and 7321-7326), which limits the political activities of employees or officers of state or local governments whose principal employment activities are funded in whole or in part with Federal funds. 7. To ensure compliance with Federal law pertaining to financial assistance awards, an authorized representative of a non-Federal entity may be required to periodically provide certain certifications to the DOC regarding Federal felony and Federal criminal tax convictions, unpaid federal tax assessments, delinquent Federal tax returns and such other certifications that may be required by Federal law.
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Criminal and Prohibited Activities a. The Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3801-3812), provides for the imposition of civil penalties against persons who make false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims to the Federal government for money (including money representing grants, loans or other benefits). b. False statements (18 U .S.C. §§ 287 and 1001 ), provides that whoever makes or presents any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements, representations, or claims against the United States shall be subject to imprisonment of not more than five years and shall be subject to a fine in the amount provided by 18 U .S.C. § 287. c. False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq.), provides that suits under this act can be brought by the government, or a person on behalf of the government, for false claims under Federal assistance programs. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ "Anti-Kickback" Act (18 U.S.C. § 874 and 40 U.S.C. § 276c), prohibits a person or organization engaged in a Federally supported project from enticing an employee working on the project from giving up a part of his compensation under an employment contract.
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Criminal and Prohibited Activities a. The Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (31 U.S.C. § 3801 et seq.); b. The False Claims Amendments Act and the False Statements Act (18 U.S.C. §§ 287 and 1001, respectively); c. The Civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.); and d. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ “Anti-Kickback” Act (18 U.S.C. § 874), and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ “Anti-Kickback” Act as it applies to contractors and subcontractors pursuant to 40 U.S.C. § 3145.
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Criminal and Prohibited Activities. The Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (31 U.S.C. § 3801 et seq.), provides for the imposition of civil penalties against persons who make false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims to the Federal Government for money (including money representing grants, loans, or other benefits).
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  • Prohibited Activities You may not access or use the Site for any purpose other than that for which we make the Site available. The Site may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us. As a user of the Site, you agree not to:

  • Prohibited Activity Subrecipient is prohibited from using funds provided herein, or personnel employed in the administration of the program, for: political activities, sectarian or religious activities, lobbying, political patronage, and nepotism activities.

  • CRIMINAL ACTIVITY If subsequent to the effectiveness of this Agreement, NYSERDA comes to know of any allegation previously unknown to it that the Contractor or any of its principals is under indictment for a felony, or has been, within five (5) years prior to submission of the Contractor’s proposal to NYSERDA, convicted of a felony, under the laws of the United States or Territory of the United States, then NYSERDA may exercise its stop work right under this Agreement. If subsequent to the effectiveness of this Agreement, NYSERDA comes to know of the fact, previously unknown to it, that Contractor or any of its principals is under such indictment or has been so convicted, then NYSERDA may exercise its right to terminate this Agreement. If the Contractor knowingly withheld information about such an indictment or conviction, NYSERDA may declare the Agreement null and void and may seek legal remedies against the Contractor and its principals. The Contractor or its principals may also be subject to penalties for any violation of law which may apply in the particular circumstances. For a Contractor which is an association, partnership, corporation, or other organization, the provisions of this paragraph apply to any such indictment or conviction of the organization itself or any of its officers, partners, or directors or members of any similar governing body, as applicable.

  • Prohibited Actions The Company agrees that it will not take any action which would entitle the Warrantholder to an adjustment of the Exercise Price if the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable after such action upon exercise of this Warrant, together with all shares of Common Stock then outstanding and all shares of Common Stock then issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding options, warrants, conversion and other rights, would exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock then authorized by its Charter.

  • Competitive Activities (a) The Executive agrees and acknowledges that by virtue of his employment hereunder, he will maintain an intimate knowledge of the activities and affairs of the Employer, including trade secrets, plans, business plans, strategies, projections, market studies, customer information, employee records and other internal proprietary and confidential information and matters (collectively “Confidential Information”). As a result, and also because of the special, unique and extraordinary services that the Executive is capable of performing for the Employer or one of its competitors, the Executive recognizes that the services to be rendered by him hereunder are of a character giving them a peculiar value, the loss of which cannot be adequately or reasonably compensated for by damages. (b) Except for the purpose of carrying out his duties hereunder, the Executive will not remove or retain, or make copies or reproductions of, any figures, documents, records, discs, computer records, calculations, letters, papers, or recorded or documented information of any type or description relating to the business of the Employer. The Executive agrees that he will not divulge to others any information (whether or not documented or recorded) or data acquired by him while in the Employer’s employ relating to methods, processes or other trade secrets or other Confidential Information. (c) The Executive agrees that the Employer is, and shall be, the sole and exclusive owner of all improvements, ideas and suggestions, whether or not subject to patent or trademark protection, and all copyrightable materials which are conceived by the Executive during his employment, which relate to the business of the Employer, which are confidential, or which are not readily ascertainable from persons or other sources outside the Employer. (d) Unless the Executive’s employment is terminated in connection with or following a Change in Control, then for a period of one year after the termination of employment, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, induce, encourage or attempt to influence any client, customer or employee of the Employer to cease to do business with, or to terminate any employee’s employment with, the Employer. The Executive shall not be subject to any of the limitations set forth in the preceding sentence if the Executive’s employment is terminated in connection with or following a Change in Control. (e) The Executive agrees that during the term of his employment hereunder, except with the express consent of the Employer, he will not, directly or indirectly, engage or participate in, become a director of, or render advisory or other services for, or in connection with, or become interested in, or make any financial investment in any firm, corporation, business entity or business enterprise competitive with or to any business of the Employer; provided, however, that the Executive shall not thereby be precluded or prohibited from owning passive investments, including investments in the securities of other financial institutions, so long as such ownership does not require him to devote substantial time to management or control of the business or activities in which he has invested. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, during the term of this Agreement, the Executive shall have no employment contract or other written or oral agreement concerning employment as an officer of a savings bank or any other financial institution or financial institution holding company nor with any other entity or person other than the Bank or the Corporation. The provisions of this Section 9(e) shall not be applicable if the Executive’s employment is terminated in connection with or following a Change in Control. (f) The Employer shall be entitled to immediate injunctive or other equitable relief to restrain the Executive from failing to comply with any obligation under this Section 9 or from rendering his services to persons or entities than the Employer, in addition to any other remedies to which the Employer may be entitled under law. The right to such injunctive or other equitable relief shall survive the termination by the Employer of the Executive’s employment. (g) The Executive acknowledges that the restrictions contained in this Section 9 are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Employer and that any violation thereof would result in irreparable injuries to the Employer. The Executive acknowledges that, if the Executive violates any of these restrictions, the Employer is entitled to obtain from any court of competent jurisdiction, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief as well as damages, and an equitable accounting of any earnings, profits and other benefits arising from such violation, which rights shall be cumulative and in addition to any other rights or remedies to which the Employer may be entitled. The Executive further acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 9(a), (b), (c), (f) and (g) shall remain in full force and effect beyond the termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason, including but not limited to termination in connection with or following a Change in Control.