(1) “Claim” means any request or demand, whether under a contract or otherwise, for money, property. or services, and whether or not the Government has title to the money, property, or services that meets either of the following conditions:
(A) Is presented to an officer, employee, or agent of the Government or of an instrumentality of the Government: or
(B) Is made to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient, and if the Government:
(i) provides or has provided any portion of the money. property. or service requested or demanded; or
(ii) will reimburse the contractor, grantee, or other recipient for any portion of the money, property, or service that is requested or demanded.
(C) The term does not include requests or demands for money, property, or services that the Government has paid to an individual as compensation for employment with the Government or as an income subsidy with no restrictions on that individual’s use of the money, property, or services.
(2) “Government funds” means funds that are the subject of a claim presented to an officer, employee, or agent of the Government, or where the Government provides, has provided, or will reimburse any portion the money, property, or service requested or demanded.
(3) “Government of the Virgin Islands” or “Government” includes the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Government of the Virgin Islands, agencies, authorities and instrumentalities of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and governing boards and commissions of the Government of the Virgin Islands.
(4) “Knowing” and “knowingly” mean that a person, with respect to information, does any of the following:
(A) Has actual knowledge of the information;
(B) Acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or
(C) Acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.
(5) “Material” means having a natural tendency to influence, or be capable of influencing the payment or receipt of money, property, or services.
(6) “Person” includes any natural person, corporation, firm, association, organization; partnership, limited liability company, business, and trust.