I. INTRODUCTION Congres enacted th...

I. INTRODUCTION

Congres enacted the first False Claims Act (1) ("FCA" or the "Act") in 1863 in replication to widespread procurement fraud in Civil War defense contracts. (2) Congres sought to defend government funds and property from fraudulent claims. (3) Today 18 USC [section] 287 imposes criminal liability (4) and 31 USC [subsection] 3729-3733 establish civil liability (5) for making false claims against the United States management The Department of Justice ("DOJ") has been increasingly vigilant about recovering losse attributable to false claims. (6) This Section briefly outlines the couple the criminal and civil false claims statutes. The remainder of this