Civil penalties and injunctions for insurance fraud

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18 U.S.C. s. 1034: Civil penalties and injunctions for insurance fraud is a state statute published by U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo.gov). It is one of the documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including life & health, property & casualty, personal lines practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.

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• 18 U.S.C. § 1034(a) (Civil Penalties)

  “(a) The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against any person who engages in conduct constituting an offense under section 1033 and, upon proof of such conduct by a preponderance of the evidence, such person shall be subject to a civil penalty...”

• 18 U.S.C. § 1034(b) (Injunctions)

  “(b) If the Attorney General has reason to believe that a person is engaged in conduct constituting an offense under section 1033, the Attorney General may petition an appropriate United States district court for an order prohibiting that person from engaging in such conduct. The court may issue an...”

• 18 U.S.C. § 1034(a) (Non-Preclusion of Remedies)

  “The imposition of a civil penalty under this subsection does not preclude any other criminal or civil statutory, common law, or administrative remedy, which is available by law to the United States or any other person.”

• 18 U.S.C. § 1034(a) (Civil penalties and injunctions for violations of section 1033, civil penalty)

  “The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against any person who engages in conduct constituting an offense under section 1033 and, upon proof of such conduct by a preponderance of the evidence, such person shall be subject to a civil penalty of...”

• 18 U.S.C. s. 1034(a) (Civil penalties and injunctions for violations of section 1033)

  “The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court against any person who engages in conduct constituting an offense under section 1033 and, upon proof of such conduct by a preponderance of the evidence, such person shall be subject to a civil penalty of...”

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