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MarketplaceSub-sections:&nbsp;Estimated read time: 3-4 minutesThis archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.SALT LAKE CITY — The federal government has issued a lawsuit against the state of Utah and a number of the state’s top public safety officials, alleging the fraudulent use of millions of dollars of federal grant money.The complaint issued over the weekend in U.S. District Court accuses those named of violating the U.S. False Claims Act by not using the money as required by the terms of the grant.Those named in the complaint are:The filing claims those named, “instead of properly using the grant money they received … misused it by replacing rather than supplementing state money. In particular, Defendants used federal money to pay salaries of existing State employees and then did not, when required, immediately fill the vacated positions.”If true, those allegations violate the , which prohibits the use of false claims or statements submitted to the federal government for payment. The statute states any party who knowingly violates this act by presenting fraudulent claims through false records or materials is liable for a civil penalty — plus three times the amount of damages the federal government has sustained.The documents claim the named defendants knowingly submitted false statements to receive federal grant money to replace state funding when it was supposed to supplement those funds.Under the law, federal grants and state funds are meant to be supplemented and used together.The documents also allege the state of Utah misrepresented budget cuts and its number of government employees to receive more federal funding.“In particular, CCJJ knew, or should have known, the agencies were moving existing employees into grant-funded positions but not immediately filling the vacated positions with new hires,” the statement said. “Or that the agencies were using grant funds to pay current employee salaries while misrepresenting that these positions would be, or were, eliminated in budget cuts.”Catch up on the top news and features from KSL.com, sent weekly.By subscribing, you acknowledge and agree to KSL.com's and .&nbsp; | | | | | | | | | | | | © 2022 | KSL Broadcasting Salt Lake City UT | Site hosted &amp; managed by - a &nbsp;&nbsp;X

MarketplaceSub-sections:&nbsp;Estimated read time: 3-4 minutesThis archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.SALT LAKE CITY — The federal government has issued a lawsuit against the state of Utah and a number of the state’s top public safety officials, alleging the fraudulent use of millions of dollars of federal grant money.The complaint issued over the weekend in U.S....

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