Harrisburg, but – February 17, 2025 -Jisiaj Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny) and Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) announced that they are planning to restore the Act on preventing community fraud for taxpayers’ liability. This legislation will serve as the false claims of Pennsylvania, which will protect the unmasking and encouraged to report fraud, waste and abuse of government funds.
. Act on the prevention of fraud of the community of nations It encourages private citizens to report as exposurers to report false or dishonest claims against the Pennsylvania government to protect taxpayers’ dollars. This legislation covers all provisions required for compliance with the Federal Act on false claims, which will allow Pennsylvania to recover an additional 10% of all agents recovered under law.
“Budgetary interrogations begin this week in both the Chamber and the Senate for the budget 2025-26. But once again, the General Assembly negotiates how to spend billions of dollars of taxpayers without the act on the prevention of fraud of the community of nations, which will protect these dollars against waste, fraud and abuse ” Senator Williams said. “As an informant and lawyer who worked with informers for years, I can say that people want to do the right one and report a fraud when they see them. But there are many risks. Protecting and encouraging exposurers to apply is the best and most effective way to prevent fraud and protect our tax dollars. “
“Taxpayers from Pennsylvania deserve responsibility, and the lack of adoption of the Citizens’ Fraud Act cost the community” Senator Phillips-Hill said. “Time to change it. This bilateral proposal will finally ensure the protection needed to provide unmaskators, people on the front line who can reveal fraud, stop fraud and protect the hard -earned dollars of taxpayers. Other countries proved the success of these funds, recovering significant funds that would otherwise be lost. Pennsylvania must accelerate and ensure that fraudsters are held responsible at every level of the state government. “
The Commonwealth Act to prevent fraud will protect the exposurers from the retaliation of waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ dollars. Similar regulations in other states have shown extraordinary results. Since the adoption of the Federal Act on false claims, thirty -one has adopted its own laws on false claims, including several of our borders. In the 2014 budget year, the Federal Act on false claims resulted in the recovery of over $ 2.9 billion in taxpayers’ dollars. FY2025 is already sturdy to recover over USD 850 million dollars of taxpayers.
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Senators of Lindsey posts M. Williams and Kristin Phillips-Hill in order to introduce regulations to encourage reporting fraud, waste and abuse of government funds, the first Democrats in the Senate of Pennsylvania appeared.
