Nevada § 422A.700 - Fraudulent acts; penalties

§ 422A.700. Fraudulent acts; penalties

1. Unless a different penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 422.361 to 422.369 , inclusive, or 422.450 to 422.590 , inclusive, a person who knowingly and designedly, by any false pretense, false or

misleading statement, impersonation or misrepresentation, obtains or attempts to obtain

monetary or any other public assistance, or money, property, medical or remedial care

or any other service provided pursuant to the Children's Health Insurance Program,

having a value of $100 or more, whether by one act or a series of acts, with the intent

to cheat, defraud or defeat the purposes of this chapter is guilty of a category E

felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 . In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution. 2. For the purposes of subsection 1, whenever a recipient of Temporary Assistance

for Needy Families pursuant to the provisions of this chapter receives an overpayment

of benefits for the third time and the overpayments have resulted from a false statement

or representation by the recipient or from the failure of the recipient to notify

the Division of a change in circumstances which would affect the amount of assistance

the recipient receives, a rebuttable presumption arises that the payment was fraudulently

received. 3. For the purposes of subsection 1, “ public assistance ” includes any money, property, medical or remedial care or any other service provided

pursuant to a state plan.