KRS 35.725: Frauds against the government.

Any person subject to this code who:

(1) Knowing it to be false or fraudulent:

(a) Makes any claim against the United States, the state, or any officer thereof; or

(b) Presents to any person in the civil or military service thereof, for approval or

payment, any claim against the United States, the state, or any officer thereof;

(2) For the purposes of obtaining the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim

against the United States, the state, or any officer thereof:

(a) Makes or uses any writing or other paper knowing it to contain any false o r

fraudulent statements;

(b) Makes any oath, affirmation, or certification to any fact or to any writing or

other paper knowing the oath, affirmation, or certification to be false; or

(c) Forges or counterfeits any signature upon any writing or other paper , or uses

any such signature knowing it to be forged or counterfeited;

(3) Having charge, possession, custody, or control of any money, or other property of

the United States or the state, furnished or intended for the Armed Forces of the

United States or the state military forces, knowingly delivers to any person having

authority to receive it, any amount thereof less than that for which he or she receives

a certificate or receipt; or

(4) Being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of any property

of the United States or the state, furnished or intended for the Armed Forces of the

United States or the state military forces, makes or delivers to any person such

writing without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements ther ein

contained and with intent to defraud the United States or the state;

shall, upon conviction, be punished as a court-martial may direct.