20 C.F.R. § 10.529
What action will OWCP take if the employee files an incomplete report?
(a) If an employee knowingly omits or understates any earnings or work activity in making a report, he or she shall forfeit the right to compensation with respect to any period for which the report was required. A false or evasive statement, omission, concealment, or misrepresentation with respect to employment activity or earnings in a report may also subject an employee to criminal prosecution.
(b) Where the right to compensation is forfeited, OWCP shall recover any compensation already paid for the period of forfeiture pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8129 and other relevant statutes.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 2000–2009 · leading case: United States v. Webber, 536 F.3d 584 (7th Cir. 2008).
United States v. Webber, 536 F.3d 584 (7th Cir. 2008). “The Government asked the court, pursuant to 20 C.F.R. § 10.529 , a federal regulation issued under FECA, to impose restitution for the entire amount of benefits that Ms.”
United States v. Boring, 557 F.3d 707 (6th Cir. 2009). “529 , which provides that an employee who “knowingly omits or understates any earnings or work activity in making a report” will “forfeit the right to compensation with respect to any period for which the report was required.” Under this regulation, if an injured federal…”
United States v. Prentice Harold Dawkins, 202 F.3d 711 (4th Cir. 2000). “1999); 20 C.F.R. § 10.529 (1999). It argues that it therefore lost the entire amount of benefits Dawkins received during the period of time covered by the two relevant 1032 forms.”
United States v. Harms, 442 F.3d 367 (5th Cir. 2006). “The plain language of 20 C.F.R. § 10.529 (a) provides that “[i]f an employee knowingly omits or understates any earnings or work activity in making a report, he or she shall forfeit the right to compensation with respect to any period for which the report is required.”
United States v. Webber, Vickie (7th Cir. 2008). “The Government asked the court, pursuant to 20 C.F.R. § 10.529 , a federal regulation issued under FECA, to impose restitution for the entire amount of benefits that Ms.”
United States v. Richard Boring (6th Cir. 2009). “” Under this regulation, if an injured federal employee knowingly misrepresents that he was convalescing the entire time he was away from work, when in fact he did one day of volunteer work, he will forfeit all the benefits he received during that period.”
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