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Fraud Definition: ABC refers to fraud as the following (but not limited to): 1) Intentionally making a false statement; misrepresentation regarding a material fact; failure to disclose a material fact/information; or any action that results in obtaining, attempting to obtain, or continuing to receive ABC funds, which the provider would not otherwise qualify to receive, or to circumvent or help others circumvent the requirements of ABC Quality. Examples of this could include billing clients for services when they are being paid through Child Care Scholarship Program for the service; serving children at unauthorized locations because they have reached their capacity at their current location or have opened a new location which they don’t want to enroll; continuing to bill for clients who have left their program, allowing another provider or location that is not enrolled to use your Federal ID or Social Security number to connect children, collecting the payment and distributing it to them; submitting falsified documents such as a high school diploma/degree and CPR/First aid cards, etc. 2) Conviction of fraud in a federal/state court with Child Care Scholarship Program or ABC Quality. 3) Billing for services and receiving payment for services or goods that were not obtained in accordance with requirements of ABC Quality, the Provider Agreement and ABC Provider Business Procedures. 5.18.2 FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS Institutions or principals who falsify or misrepresent official, legal documents (i.e., birth certificates, degrees, transcripts, etc.), or other Child Care Scholarship Program documents (SVL, enrolment records) and submit to agency representatives are ineligible to participate in the Child Care Scholarship Program at any level.