Common use of Prevention and Detection of Fraud - General Clause in Contracts

Prevention and Detection of Fraud - General. 15.1.1 The Claims Administrator and Claims Processor shall have the authority and obligation to institute claim-auditing procedures and other procedures designed to detect and prevent the payment of fraudulent or deceitful Program Claims. 15.1.2 The submission of fraudulent or deceitful Program Claims will violate the criminal laws of the United States, subject those responsible to criminal prosecution in the federal courts, and render those responsible ineligible to participate in the Settlement Program or receive any Settlement Award Payments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any Enrolled Claimant who improperly, fraudulently or deceitfully obtained a recovery from the Broadspire Program or other sources for Claims allegedly Relating to the Affected Products may not become an Eligible Claimant or Settlement Program Claimant under the terms of this Agreement, unless HOC in its sole discretion permits the person to be deemed a Settlement Program Claimant pursuant to Section 5.1.3. 15.1.3 The Claims Processor shall notify the Claims Administrator, Special Masters, HOC and the SOC, as well as any implicated Enrolled Claimant and his/her Counsel, of any preliminary determination that deception, dishonesty or fraud may be present in connection with or relating to any Program Claim or in any way to the Settlement Program. The Enrolled Claimant and/or his/her Counsel shall have the right to contest such preliminary determination to the Claims Administrator by requesting a hearing within ten (10) days of receiving such notice. The Claims Administrator may promulgate and revise rules for reviewing and resolving allegations of deception, dishonesty or fraud. 15.1.4 No Settlement Award may be paid in respect to a Program Claim while that Program Claim (i) is the subject of an audit by the Claims Processor (and to that end, the Claims Processor shall notify HOC and the SOC from time to time of which Program Claims are then subject to audit), or (ii) is the subject of an audit by HOC or the SOC for good cause. 15.1.5 Nothing herein prevents the Claims Processor, Claims Administrator, Special Masters, the SOC, or HOC from reporting any indicia of deception, dishonesty, or fraud to the proper law enforcement authorities.

Prevention and Detection of Fraud - General. 15.1.1 13.1.1 The Claims Administrator and Claims Processor shall have the authority and obligation to institute claim-auditing procedures and other procedures designed to detect and prevent the payment of fraudulent or deceitful Program Claims. 15.1.2 13.1.2 The submission of fraudulent or deceitful Program Claims will violate the criminal laws of the United States, subject those responsible to criminal prosecution in the federal courts, and render those responsible ineligible to participate in the Settlement Program Program, or receive any Settlement Award Payments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any Enrolled Claimant who improperly, fraudulently fraudulently, or deceitfully obtained a recovery from the Broadspire Program or other sources for Claims allegedly Relating to the Affected Products may not become an Eligible Claimant or Settlement Program Qualified Claimant under the terms of this Agreement, unless HOC in its sole discretion permits the person to be deemed a Settlement Program Qualified Claimant pursuant to Section 5.1.34.1.3. 15.1.3 13.1.3 The Claims Processor shall notify the Claims Administrator, Special MastersMaster, HOC HOC, and the SOC, as well as any implicated Enrolled Claimant and his/her Counsel, of any preliminary determination that deception, dishonesty dishonesty, or fraud may be present in connection with or relating to any Program Claim or in any way to the Settlement Program. The Enrolled Claimant and/or his/her Counsel shall have the right to contest such preliminary determination to the Claims Administrator by requesting a hearing within ten (10) days of receiving such notice. The Claims Administrator may promulgate and revise rules for reviewing and resolving allegations of deception, dishonesty or fraud. 15.1.4 13.1.4 No Settlement Award may be paid in respect to a Program Claim while that Program Claim (i) is the subject of an audit by the Claims Processor (and to that end, the Claims Processor shall notify HOC and the SOC from time to time of which Program Claims are then subject to audit), or (ii) is the subject of an audit by HOC or the SOC for good cause. 15.1.5 13.1.5 Nothing herein prevents the Claims Processor, Claims Administrator, Special MastersMaster, the SOC, or HOC from reporting any indicia of deception, dishonesty, or fraud to the proper law enforcement authorities.