12 C.F.R. § 308.505 Prerequisites for issuing a complaint.
Title 12 - Banks and Banking
(a) The reviewing official may issue a complaint under §308.506 of this subpart only if: (1) The DOJ approves the issuance of a complaint in a written statement described in 31 U.S.C. 3803(b)(1); and (2) In the case of allegations of liability under §308.502(a) of this subpart with respect to a claim (or a group of related claims submitted at the same time as defined in paragraph (b) of this section) the reviewing official determines that the amount of money or the value of property or services demanded or requested does not exceed $150,000. (b) For the purposes of this section, a group of related claims submitted at the same time will include only those claims arising from the same transaction (e.g., grant, loan, application, or contract) that are submitted simultaneously as part of a single request, demand, or submission. (c) Nothing in this section will be construed to limit the reviewing official's authority to join in a single complaint against a person claims that are unrelated or were not submitted simultaneously, regardless of the amount of money, or the value of property or services, demanded or requested.
Title 12: Banks and Banking
PART 308—RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Subpart T—Program Fraud Civil Remedies and Procedures
§ 308.505 Prerequisites for issuing a complaint.
