context: Illingsworth was paid on days when he was out due to injury, and he continued to be paid after he stopped working. A reasonable jury could find that the payments to Illingsworth were not made in the usual course of business and thus were not bona fide.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.identifier: 361 F.3d 36, 36
citation_a.parenthetical: payments not bona fide "if they were intentionally misapplied, as they were here via sham contracts that skirted conflict of interest rules and allowed [a corporation] to receive preferential treatment and other benefits"
citation_a.sentence: Cornier-Ortiz, 361 F.3d at 36 (payments not bona fide “if they were intentionally misapplied, as they were here via sham contracts that skirted conflict of interest rules and allowed [a corporation] to receive preferential treatment and other benefits”); United States v. Grubb, 11 F.3d 426, 431, 434 (4th Cir.1993) (bona fide wages exception inapplicable where employee “performed little work for the Sheriffs office” and did not “perform functions for the Sheriffs office on a regular basis”); cf. United States v. Mills, 140 F.3d 630, 633 (6th Cir.1998) (bona fide wages exception applicable because there was no allegation that employees “did not responsibly fulfill the duties associated with their employment”).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 140 F.3d 630, 633
citation_b.parenthetical: bona fide wages exception applicable because there was no allegation that employees "did not responsibly fulfill the duties associated with their employment"
citation_b.sentence: Cornier-Ortiz, 361 F.3d at 36 (payments not bona fide “if they were intentionally misapplied, as they were here via sham contracts that skirted conflict of interest rules and allowed [a corporation] to receive preferential treatment and other benefits”); United States v. Grubb, 11 F.3d 426, 431, 434 (4th Cir.1993) (bona fide wages exception inapplicable where employee “performed little work for the Sheriffs office” and did not “perform functions for the Sheriffs office on a regular basis”); cf. United States v. Mills, 140 F.3d 630, 633 (6th Cir.1998) (bona fide wages exception applicable because there was no allegation that employees “did not responsibly fulfill the duties associated with their employment”).