{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-16.5","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 16.5","heading":"Review by the reviewing official.","body":"(a) If, based on the report of the investigating official under § 16.4(b), the reviewing official determines that there is adequate evidence to believe that a person is liable under § 16.3 of this part, the reviewing official shall transmit to the Attorney General a written notice of the reviewing official's intention to issue a complaint under § 16.7.\n(b) Such notice shall include—\n(1) A statement of the reviewing official's reasons for issuing a complaint;\n(2) A statement specifying the evidence that supports the allegations of liability;\n(3) A description of the claims or statements upon which the allegations of liability are based;\n(4) An estimate of the amount of money or the value, if any, of property, services, or other benefits requested or demanded in violation of § 16.3 of this part; or, if no monetary value can be put on the property, service or benefit, a statement regarding the non-monetary consequences to the agency of a false statement.\n(5) A statement of any exculpatory or mitigating circumstances that may relate to the claims or statements known by the reviewing official or the investigating official; and\n(6) A statement that there is a reasonable prospect of collecting an appropriate amount of penalties and assessments. Such a statement may be based upon information then known or an absence of any information indicating that the person may be unable to pay such an amount.","path":["Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Treasury","PART 16—REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT OF 1986"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-31.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:25Z","sha256":"cdcac198d47eda585521c865b992ebfa8da88114536725354ba0631e38ecb74e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-16.4","next":"us/31-cfr-16.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}