Current through November 30, 2024
Section 1470.36 - Misrepresentation and scheme or device(a) If NRCS determines that an applicant intentionally misrepresented any fact affecting a CSP determination, the application will be determined ineligible immediately.(b) A participant who is determined to have erroneously represented any fact affecting a program determination made in accordance with this part will not be entitled to contract payments and must refund to NRCS all payments, plus interest determined in accordance with 7 CFR part 1403.(c) A participant will refund to NRCS all payments, plus interest determined in accordance with 7 CFR part 1403, received by such participant with respect to all CSP contracts if they are determined to have-(1) Adopted any scheme or device that tends to defeat the purpose of the program;(2) Made any fraudulent representation;(3) Adopted any scheme or device for the purpose of depriving any tenant or sharecropper of the payments to which such person would otherwise be entitled under the program; or(4) Misrepresented any fact affecting a program determination.(d) Participants determined to have committed actions identified in paragraph (c) of this section will have their interest in all CSP contracts terminated.