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14005 MISSISSIPPI [ CLAIMS: GENERAL ] Revised 12 - 01 - 17 07 - 01 - 19 the claim narrative to include the client s statement or the reason why this was not available. Penalty The state statutes which govern the granting of public assistance provide a definition of fraud and prescribe a penalty as follows: Whoever obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids, or abets any person to obtain by means of willfully false statement or representation or by any impersonation, or other fraudulent device: (1) Assistance to which he was not entitled, or (2) Assistance greater than that to which he is justly entitled, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon the conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned at the discretion of the court. In assessing the penalty the court shall take into

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14005 MISSISSIPPI [ CLAIMS: GENERAL ] Revised 12 - 01 - 17 07 - 01 - 19 the claim narrative to include the client s statement or the reason why this was not available. Penalty The state statutes which govern the granting of public assistance provide a definition of fraud and prescribe a penalty as follows: Whoever obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids, or abets any person to obtain by means of willfully false statement or representation or by any impersonation, or other fraudulent device: (1) Assistance to which he was not entitled, or (2) Assistance greater than that to which he is justly entitled, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon the conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or be imprisoned at the discretion of the court. In assessing the penalty the court shall take into

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