| Increasingly, click fraud seems to be underpinned by botnets, according to a report from an online advertising auditing service. |
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| Both the declared victor and the man who says fraud robbed him of victory are coming face to face today. |
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| It's also important to protect the ministry team by having policies that avoid identity fraud and improper Internet use. |
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| The fact that he always laughs over the book, shows what a fraud his professed belief in the separableness of mind and body actually is. |
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| There is a parallel with accessory liability in the economic torts, such as knowing participation in a fraud or inducing breach of contract. |
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| Someone bent on fraud will always find a way through the regulatory loopholes. |
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| A simple fraud statute seemed like a good way to swat down small-time sharks and keep the field open for themselves. |
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| A requirement of form deters sharp practice and fraud whilst encouraging the desirable elements of a seriously intended, voluntary agreement. |
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| Sophisticated news consumers know that Clarke is a fraud and a shill for the campaign. |
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| She needed to apply strict accounting principles and practices to detect fraud and misappropriations of public funds. |
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| But election officials in California say there have never been any known miscounts or fraud involving the machines. |
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| Any form of electoral fraud is a criminal offence so safeguards are needed, and as modern technology progresses, it's now a barcode. |
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| It said an identity fraud tsar would create a single point of contact across government, police and the private sector. |
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| The technique of recruiting them, sometimes by fraud or force, was known as blackbirding. |
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| The reports about investigations into alleged postal vote fraud must sicken every person in the city who believes in the democratic system. |
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| He had already been convicted of threatening a police officer and faced fraud and money laundering charges. |
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| She was also setting him up to take the blame for a fraud at the firm where she worked. |
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| But after a local friend checked it out for me, I concluded it was a fraud and stayed home. |
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| The failure to inform the lenders of the broker's fraud induced them to think that valid policies were in place. |
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| Credit card fraud attracts sinister people who use the money to fund criminal activity such as terrorism. |
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| Industry observers estimate that fraud continues to siphon millions of dollars from the system each year. |
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| Churchill's responses to the academic fraud evidence have been entirely unconvincing. |
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| If the most vicious slanders imaginable and rampant election fraud don't constitute fighting dirty, what would? |
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| And evils like corruption, bribery, sleaze and fraud leave an impact on young minds that yearn for an avenue to let their radical thoughts out. |
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| I think that fraud and forgery offences were committed in the name of the prime minister. |
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| More than 1,000 cases of small-scale tax fraud were also identified by the Revenue last year. |
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| He cited an unproven allegation of fraud and the conduct of the plaintiff in support of this request. |
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| This gave the regulators a snapshot of how widespread exam fraud is nationwide. |
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| Politicians across the political spectrum are involved in an endless snipe hunt for waste, fraud and abuse in the federal budget. |
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| He was yesterday sentenced to prison for his role in the fraud that led the company to collapse so spectacularly. |
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| When an allegation of fraud is based upon nondisclosure, there can be no fraud absent a duty to speak. |
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| A spokesman for the bank said all its staff are trained to spot fraud and it was delighted at their vigilance. |
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| Two men and two women have been questioned over trademark violation and benefits fraud allegations. |
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| She told police that she was homeless and had taken part in the fraud to earn some money. |
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| Surrey Police has pledged to fight election fraud both at polling stations and with postal votes. |
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| Thus the law was passed, to allow fraud investigators to view and identify nonrecurring trends. |
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| One entire forum was devoted to the topic of potential for vote fraud through electronic voting machines. |
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| The implication here is that pension providers fear fraud by non-smokers pretending to smoke in order to get a higher pension. |
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| Sometimes it's the local fraud squad that fingers the cheats, sometimes it's a nosy neighbour, and sometimes it's just a matter of chance. |
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| He got five years for the fraud that never happened, and the system seemed eager to hammer him. |
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| Most fraud on stolen cards takes place in retailers before the cardholder has reported the loss. |
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| Key risks in doing business online were identified as damage to reputations, fraud and intellectual property losses. |
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| There is no evidence postal ballots are more open to fraud than the current system. |
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| A further five claimants received official cautions having admitted their fraud to investigators. |
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| The government decided that since many of the original high-flying stocks crashed to earth, financial fraud must have been behind them. |
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| The FBI currently has 26 pending corporate fraud investigations involving subprime lenders. |
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| However, the father was a charmer, with a suggested history of fraud and embezzlement. |
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| The seemingly endless waves of corporate fraud were quickly followed by a succession of massive business failures. |
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| He's a real-life medical fraud investigator who helped catch that homicidal doctor. |
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| The force deals with all crimes from homicide, violence and sexual offences to theft, fraud and drunk and disorderly behaviour. |
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| The fraud story began to fade about a week ago, fizzling for lack of substance. |
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| When Allan went to jail on fraud and theft charges, Elna swore to wear black every day until his release. |
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| Immigration officials arrested five men in connection with passport fraud following a dawn swoop on a house in Billericay, it was revealed today. |
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| There have been arrests relating to click fraud with regard to malicious clicking in order to deplete a competitor's advertising budget. |
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| Of course, the problems with click fraud tend to be more focused on contextual advertising sites, rather than search sites itself. |
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| We are always monitoring and working to prevent click fraud in order to deliver the highest quality of traffic to our advertisers. |
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| If we do not expose him for a fraud and a charlatan, we give him credibility. |
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| Nevertheless, preventing click fraud is crucial for the search companies to maintain investor confidence. |
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| With the monetary motive for click fraud removed, it's unlikely to be a problem. |
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| On search sites, the main reason for click fraud is generally to drive up expenses of a competitor, depleting their advertising budget. |
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| If you do become a victim of identity theft place a fraud alert with one of the three major credit agencies. |
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| Many people innocently believe that they're safe from credit card fraud and identity theft in the brick and mortar world. |
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| To be sure, force may no longer take the form of plunder and extortion, and fraud may no longer appear as deliberate imposture and chicanery. |
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| While out of prison he committed a cheque fraud for which he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment. |
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| In February, a Minnesota scammer who phished PayPal members, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in federal court. |
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| Violent crime, theft and fraud are down, while criminal damage is comparatively low. |
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| There is no doubt that the issue of fraud has been blown up to inflated proportions by media attention. |
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| But allegations of fraud and illicit insider trading extend beyond the mutual fund operations of the two banks. |
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| Currently, conspiracy to defraud is a common law offence that requires that two or more individuals conspire to commit a fraud against another. |
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| Two men were arrested earlier in the election by police investigating allegations of election fraud and of stealing ballot papers. |
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| A second man has been arrested by police investigating alleged election fraud in Oldham. |
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| The fraud was uncovered when Morrogh called in Central Bank regulators after discovering irregularities. |
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| In this context, the pressures for accounting games and even fraud became irresistible. |
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| The Government has, however, always insisted the two polls were postponed because of concerns over postal ballot fraud allegations. |
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| What must it be like to be a CSO in a company whose senior management is up to their eyeballs in fraud and cover-ups? |
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| Most of you have probably read that I was arrested recently on charges of forgery and fraud in suburban Philadelphia. |
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| When does less than full belief in a professed credo become actionable fraud if one is soliciting gifts or legacies? |
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| Some of the sloppiness that makes fraud and foul-ups in election counts possible seems to be built into the system by design. |
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| It is a good idea to check with your existing bank as to who would be liable should fraud ever be perpetrated. |
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| He is regularly instructed to defend or prosecute in murder, fraud and other serious crime. |
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| It works for companies, lawyers and banks investigating anything from fraud to theft. |
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| In the letter they warn that any attempt at ballot fraud will result in prosecution. |
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| No customer will suffer any loss as a result of fraud through no fault of their own. |
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| This week we're looking at the consequences of fraud and financial mismanagement. |
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| The boy was arrested on fraud and deception charges and bailed until April. |
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| This was a fairly seminal case in the evolution of fraud in the criminal law in this country. |
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| You can help stamp out the ID fraud by taking care of all your financial and personal information. |
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| Both men face seven counts of fraud and tax evasion and could face 10 years in jail if convicted. |
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| The firm collapsed as a result of the biggest securities fraud in the history of the state. |
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| The thumbprints would be held by stores and used to track criminals if a complaint of fraud is made. |
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| The government says biometric cards are necessary to combat fraud and terrorism. |
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| Electronic payment fraud has also become a serious issue for financial institutions. |
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| The head of Strathclyde Police's fraud squad said the force's financial investigation unit had also seen a substantial increase in calls. |
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| The whole project was closely scrutinised by police after the fraud squad were called in. |
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| It said regional fraud squads should also be set up to provide police with expertise and resources. |
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| West Yorkshire Police fraud squad was called in over horrendous losses in the retail division. |
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| A senior council official and three businessmen are facing corruption charges after an investigation by the fraud squad. |
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| The 41-year-old man, from Yeadon, Leeds, has been questioned by detectives with West Yorkshire Police's fraud squad. |
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| The fraud squad has been investigating doping in sport, a criminal offence in Italy, since the start of the year. |
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| The Metropolitan Police fraud squad has been notified, and the Serious Fraud Office is also conducting an investigation. |
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| She contacted the West Yorkshire Police fraud squad who looked into the matter but said there was nothing they could do. |
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| Identity fraud is where fraudsters use personal details to order credit cards and check books in the name of someone else. |
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| A concubine, a low cur, a cheat and a fraud would be decent things by comparison with being called a liar. |
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| Keeping this type of register is completely ineffective to fight computer fraud or cyberterrorism. |
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| I guess you must be wondering what kind of Jamaican fraud I am if I don't smoke ganja. |
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| But the culture of deceit, fraud and corruption at different levels of society is never going to be eradicated by tribunals. |
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| The offences took place a couple of years after she escaped being jailed for mortgage fraud and other deceptions. |
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| So those who resist or protest against electoral fraud are in fact crucial defenders of democracy. |
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| This may prevent the victim of a fraud seeking a proprietary remedy against a bank where money has been deposited into a bank account. |
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| Hallmarking is an ancient method of safeguarding consumers from fraud introduced by goldsmiths. |
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| As a commercial credit auditor, her job was to detect fraud in receivables accounting. |
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| Councillors backed the plans which are part of a new strategy to deter, prevent and detect benefit fraud in the borough. |
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| The Red Cross says it's devising new systems so that such fraud will be easier to detect in the future. |
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| Indeed, Elizabethan remedies against private fraud continued to operate through the first third of the eighteenth century. |
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| Corporate fraud and embezzlement have been familiar topics in newspaper headlines of recent years. |
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| Varney said the fraud against the tax credit systems was enabled by illicit access to government payroll records. |
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| Most of the fraud was done by banking dud cheques and drawing on the funds before the cheques had cleared. |
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| How come everybody knows of the massive fraud yet still we are supposed to swallow it and be happy? |
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| That is not to imply that everyone running an insurer is a crook, a fraud or a simpleton. |
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| At issue there, fraud allegations that could, if seen as credible, lead to a do-over. |
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| I fear that I'll betray my lack of formal film education and be exposed for the fraud that I am. |
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| Not knowing about fraud that occurs under one's nose and during one's watch is just as bad as knowing and doing nothing about it. |
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| The whistle-blower who played a key part in exposing the fraud has spoken for the first time. |
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| In the mid-1990s he was fined for clocking cars and, more recently, was convicted of a passport fraud. |
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| I think they are, and I have absolutely no knowledge whatsoever of any instance of fraud. |
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| The report points out that many doctors are engaging in such practices despite a well-publicized crackdown on insurance fraud and abuse. |
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| In working with investigators, device companies should ensure that their actions are consistent with laws intended to combat fraud and abuse. |
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| The massive corporate wave of crime, fraud and abuse rolls on, is undeterred by regular exposes in the business media itself. |
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| Does it have a multi-faceted approach, including training, to fight fraud and abuse? |
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| Inspectors would not aim to reward excellence or to measure quality, merely to identify incompetence or fraud. |
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| At present we are still quantifying our position but under the terms of our fraud insurance policy are hereby advising you of a potential claim. |
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| The fatal fraud was the result of his action in buying quantities of shares in a distilling firm in an effort to shore up the share price. |
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| In spite of this, incidences of fraud are still emerging in all business areas, including bills, bank acceptance, deposits and loans. |
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| He was acquitted of charges of abuse and fraud in relation to the oil deal. |
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| In a typical case of job fraud, for example, a criminal group will contact a job seeker offering employment handling money transfers. |
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| If Americans don't get serious about voter fraud very soon, it will be too late. |
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| As a child and adolescent, he had numerous encounters with law enforcement for joyriding, theft, burglary, fraud, assault and battery. |
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| He was sentenced to two years in prison last year after admitting the fraud, but was released within four months. |
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| But the upper class is scared stiff of his rise, and plots to foil his attempts through fraud. |
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| Our attack at the moment is to expose the fraud of commercial whaling under the guise of scientific whaling. |
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| His moral guilt is just as great whatever the form of the action, no matter whether in warranty or in fraud. |
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| She is facing charges of fraud and theft after allegedly defrauding parliament of millions of rands. |
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| Matthias wondered what else was on Graff's Interpol rap sheet aside from fraud. |
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| With his pipe, gentleman-thief fashion sense and a rap sheet that includes armed robbery, fraud and burglary, he seems the perfect subject. |
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| Then there was the rap sheet of Stoudemire's mother, Carrie, which included arrests for passing bad checks, fraud and theft. |
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| Other cases getting the brush-off involve federal employees blowing the whistle on security lapses and fraud. |
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| The strategy incorporates new policies to govern fraud, corruption and whistle-blowing in the city. |
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| More regular surveys are being conducted of business corporations, resulting in greater exposure of fraud and white-collar crime. |
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| It may not be the Age of Aquarius but it definitely is the age of accounting fraud. |
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| In Italy he was convicted in his absence of aggravated fraud and sentenced to imprisonment and to a fine. |
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| In its mad rush to try to increase turnout, the Government has opened the door to widespread fraud. |
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| We maintain a real-time database that tracks information about every known online fraud threat. |
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| Prosecutors also dropped wire fraud and computer fraud charges in the agreement. |
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| They're charged with conspiracy, computer fraud, wire fraud, and possession of unauthorized access devices. |
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| If that is a misrepresentation they have committed wire fraud, criminal fraud, and an assortment of other crimes and torts. |
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| He was convicted of securities fraud, conspiracy and seven counts of filing false reports with regulators. |
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| He was indicted in February on nearly three dozen counts of fraud and other crimes. |
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| The report criticised poor record-keeping and a lack of monitoring of contracts which had hindered investigations into fraud. |
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| And of course a working knowledge of the properties of metals could easily lend itself to deception and fraud. |
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| The fraud exposure had almost wrecked his family, he said, but his wife and two children had supported him throughout his ordeal. |
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| The fact that they were under the charge of the nurse effectually did away with all possibility of fraud. |
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| I'm starting to wonder if we might have a serious fraud problem going on with blank endorsements and allonges. |
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| When a member of the Central Elections Committee protested publicly against this fraud, the President relieved him from his duties. |
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| For example, the old case management system had separate incident categories for burglary, larceny, fraud and robbery. |
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| The massive increase in applications has prompted fears nationally that this election could see large-scale fraud. |
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| This will cut down on fraud or repackaging that is unfortunately a real problem in the market. |
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| Although some traders practiced fraud, others worked hard to acquire reputations for fair business practices in order to encourage repeat sales. |
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| There's a growing suspicion among the general public that corruption and fraud is rife. |
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| Don't let embarrassment or fear keep you from reporting fraud or abuse to the appropriate authorities. |
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| She's accused of wire fraud, money laundering, and filing false income-tax returns. |
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| Several resources are listed below that allow you to check for consumer complaints, potential fraud and overall reputability. |
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| Computer crimes are frequently online variants of established crimes, like fraud and blackmail. |
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| The November election results were annulled by the Supreme Court amid evidence of massive vote fraud, and Yushchenko won the Dec. 26 rerun. |
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| There was no actual finding one way or another of fraud, wilful default or neglect. |
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| Indians had been shamefully treated, and they remained victims of threats, bribery, and fraud. |
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| It took bribery, fraud and the forging of a great red wax municipal seal to do as she wished. |
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| Their combined experience is counted on to eliminate any possibility of fraud and bribery. |
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| The founder of an anti-fraud website has himself become the victim of credit card fraud. |
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| For many years, it was a largely symbolic response to the problem of fraud, rather than a serious anti-fraud unit. |
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| Tobacco smuggling is the biggest fraud, in terms of revenue, against EU countries, according to the European Commission's anti-fraud office. |
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| Under Thailand's new electoral laws, the commission has sweeping powers to order a revote if it suspects vote buying or fraud has taken place. |
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| From oil rip offs to mail scams, the country is infamous for fraud, kickbacks and graft. |
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| Those young people have deliberately lied and falsified documents, which is fraud, misuse of a document, and so on. |
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| There might be an argument that they prevent fraud, but I don't know what it would be, and the Ohio case raises questions about that anyway. |
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| There has been some doubt expressed in the past as to the existence of a limitation period for the tort of fraud or deceit. |
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| The supervisors or any other voter would never notice this fraud since no visible sign would appear. |
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| Once he is there, Eugene will announce himself to be a fraud, Napoleon will declare himself, and the people will rise up for their emperor. |
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| The woman doing sign language during the broadcast instead signed to viewers the election was a fraud. |
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| In the post-Enron environment, there can be no excuse for the lack of effective fraud risk management. |
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| Because they had such a lions share of the search market they were apt to be under heavy pressures of fraud and manipulation. |
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| His audience is polarised, either denouncing him as a fraud or lionising him as some kind of spiritual leader. |
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| The stories of intimidation and straightforward fraud are still going the rounds. |
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| One is at a loss whether to call the above ruse a fraud, inducement, immoral force, exploitation or all of these. |
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| Let's just not run away with the idea the Chip and PIN will eliminate all kinds of plastic fraud, even though it might help in certain cases. |
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| Holy Fire is not a sacral rite, but a sectarian battle standard and, as she earnestly tries to prove, a fraud. |
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| Both organizations have threatened public protests if they feel the commission has not put proper safeguards in place to prevent election fraud. |
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| The major objective was to discover fraud much more quickly than it could be discovered by a public accountant during an annual audit. |
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| The prosecutor general's office said the raid was part of an investigation into tax evasion and fraud. |
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| The company's main shareholder and ex-chief funded opposition groups and is now on trial for fraud and tax evasion. |
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| Unions and victims' groups have already accused the company of fraud, deceit and corporate malfeasance. |
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| One need look no further than the daily newspaper to see that securities fraud is the scam du jour. |
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| Why can't they just content themselves with diet scams and insurance fraud? |
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| This will focus on mitigating the risk of fraud, hacking, identity theft, scams and schemes. |
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| Whoever is behind the scam is a fraud and is attempting to collect personal information. |
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| From internet identity fraud to mobile phone scams, it seems there are now a myriad of ways in which crooks can strike against the unwary. |
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| Two people were arrested in Greater Manchester over alleged fraud and malpractice, but neither has yet been charged. |
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| It was the worst case of malversation and fraud in the pensions industry, and it was carried out under the trust structure. |
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| With this, companies can detect and take down malvertisements to protect customers from attack and fraud. |
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| Many of the stores say that limiting fraud is their main goal with the new technology. |
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| A fish restaurant manageress falsely accused her employer of tax fraud when she was caught with her hand in the till, York Crown Court heard. |
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| Normally the back office acts as a check upon fraud and misconduct as it processes the paperwork associated with trading. |
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| In addition, the banking regulator received a number of reports of suspected fraud cases involving automatic teller machines. |
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| These are technology-driven bubbles, not fad-fueled manias like tulips, or fraud like the South Sea scam. |
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| A couple lost tens of thousands of pounds after their close friend admitted fraud. |
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| Charged with credit-card fraud and identity theft, most of the suspects arrested that day have been released on bail pending trial. |
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| Is it not a fraud, to pretend that Argentina can be bailed out, by saving the present obligations imposed upon Argentina? |
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| They clamp down retailers who engage in sale-price bait-and-switch, and a wide variety of issues of electronic fraud. |
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| One returning officer in the marginal seat of Dorset South said hundreds of voters had rung up to cancel postal votes owing to fears of fraud. |
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| They are suspected of engaging in credit card fraud to raise money for terrorism. |
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| In fact, she was a former bankrupt who had previously been charged with insurance fraud. |
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| Instead, the reconstruction racket has been characterised by infrastructure repair that never happens, overpricing for construction and barefaced fraud. |
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| The new chip and PIN credit card system could leave local businesses and retailers vulnerable to fraud bills because millions of customers still do not have their new cards. |
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| The trial judge ruled that contributory negligence was not a defence to the claims in negligent misrepresentation and fraud and excluded this evidence. |
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| The tax-farmer always preferred to be present at the threshing floor to ensure that there were no opportunities for fraud on the part of the cultivators. |
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| The Ponzi king is now saying J.P. Morgan executives suspected he was up to no good before his massive fraud was exposed. |
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| On Thursday he held a press conference in Juneau claiming there had been voter intimidation and fraud during the race. |
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| Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice turned herself in to serve a 15-month sentence for bankruptcy fraud. |
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| The investigation is ongoing, but kemp has yet to make public any evidence of widespread fraud by the group. |
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| He said on Libyan television that the arrest also stemmed from a fraud inquiry launched in June. |
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| He said the units would build on existing fraud squads but reflect the growth in electronic crime with greatly expanded technological and investigative skills. |
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| I have appointed a proven and aggressive Inspector General to ferret out any and all cases of waste and fraud. |
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| Moreover, the current foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman was charged, though not convicted, with fraud and breach of trust. |
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| We are overwhelmed with data from every quarter, and our capacity to filter fact from fraud is limited. |
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| Paxo, Hislop and others are having a huge barney about fraud. |
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| They face charges of benefits fraud in addition to falsification of documents. |
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| Skilling was indicted on 35 counts of fraud and insider trading related to the enron collapse. |
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| It is a scentless, unappealing botanical fraud sold by sharks to suckers. |
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| The implication is that business schools are aiding and abetting accounting fraud and other misdeeds by failing to teach their students not to commit crimes. |
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| Politicians should have more regard for the complexity they conjure up with each new wave of legislation, which creates a breeding ground for fraud and sharp practice. |
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| Cynics have long derided the supposed lottery curse as a fraud, chalking it up to inflated media coverage of such deaths. |
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| Deserters from foreign armies, prisoners of war, criminals, vagabonds, tramps, and people whom the crimps had entrapped by fraud and violence were the bulk of the regiments. |
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| Four years after a South Yorkshire council was blasted for failing to work on stopping benefit fraud, it has come under fire again for not keeping its promises to improve. |
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| In February, the SEC persuaded a federal judge in Florida to freeze their assets and filed civil fraud charges against them and six other defendants. |
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| A police spokesman confirmed today that the fraud squad was investigating information passed on by the Council to consider whether further action would be necessary. |
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| This sort of fraud and calculated character assassination needs to be forthrightly condemned by everyone, irrespective of their political orientation. |
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| The ministry audit found no evidence of fraud or misappropriation of government funds and no undo influence or inappropriate relationship with ministers. |
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| Substituting logic and reasoning for quackery and fraud appalls me. |
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| All of corporate America was complicit in this fraud, from the accounting firm that accepted their figures to a Wall Street that was happy to share in their profits. |
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| There was fraud in the inducement, fraud in the conveyance, and fraud in the ratings process. |
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| Interview with Emil Savundra In 1967, Frost took on Emil Savundra, a businessman who was eventually convicted of fraud. |
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| The 47-year-old married father of two had been living the life of Riley on the proceeds of the fraud, and was planning early retirement in the Bahamas. |
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| Overall, some evidence of scheduling fraud was found in 76 percent of the 731 VA facilities reviewed for the audit. |
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| Benefit abuse and fraud are unacceptable and will not be tolerated. |
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| In fact, if that's the motive of the government, them I think we've just identified the best argument for resisting the abolition of jury trials for fraud. |
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| Before Crundwell, the largest municipal fraud was also an embezzlement case committed by a woman named Harriette Walters. |
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| Workplace tensions, whether related to compensation issues, unrealistic profit margins or setting rapid growth goals, can create an environment ripe for fraud. |
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| He demurs on the idea of stiffer criminal penalties, but suggests there may be a need for more sentencing guidelines on civil fraud and failed audits. |
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| He had also received separate suspended jail sentences for fraud offences. |
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| A Canadian man has been arrested for advanced fee fraud following a sting operation instigated by a Connecticut woman fed up with receiving scam emails. |
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| Criminals then go shopping with a copy of a credit or debit card with cardholders unaware of the fraud until a statement arrives showing purchases they didn't make. |
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| He has been in occasional trouble with the law, and charged with card fraud and giving a police officer a fraudulent name. |
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| The big issue is, if she's exposed as a fraud before we get our house keys back, I don't want her to go in a tiff and get them duplicated and such. |
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| There were reports of rigging, fraud and the use of violence to influence voting. |
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| The vote was voided by the Supreme Court on fraud allegations. |
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| After organizing a blue-ribbon committee to protest the fraud and demand a recount, he held massive demonstrations throughout the city and went to court. |
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| In Wednesday's verdict, the jury found him not guilty on some insider trading and money laundering charges, but reached no decision on charges of fraud and conspiracy. |
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| They set down a policy to introduce initiatives, including the presumption that the council will consider prosecution in every case of fraud it uncovers. |
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| The reporter was exposed as a fraud last year after complaints from staff and readers that some of his stories appeared to be copied from other newspapers. |
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| The SEC charging Goldman with securities fraud is like the Vatican charging a priest with venial sin. |
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| It turned out that a fraud had been committed and that it had been serious enough to warrant the man's prosecution, had he lived until his arrest and trial. |
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| Regrettably, the public was less interested in the complexities of ethics regulation than, understandably, in attempting to repair the damage done by fraud. |
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| Every day, it seems there is another story about corporate sleaze, fraud and robbery by senior company executives, many with connections to the administration. |
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| I've seen, as have we all, theft, fraud, intimidation, malversation. |
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| Each union must buy an insurance bond to protect members against fraud on the part of its staff, and must also meet stringent solvency regulations. |
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| This book expands the definition to include fraud, financial hanky-panky and the psychological or spiritual abuse of those who turn to the clergy for help. |
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| Those who suspect a colleague of fraud may be inclined to keep mum because of the potential costs of whistle-blowing. |
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| A major bank prevented its all customers from making transactions at automated teller machines yesterday as it investigated a suspected case of fraud. |
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| Can the Minister enlighten the primary questioner and the House as to what policies this Government has in place to address benefit fraud and debt? |
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| When it comes to professional conduct, he's a fraud and a weakling. |
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| The wire fraud and mail charges each carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. |
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| The movie, Innocence of Muslims, depicts Muhammad as a fraud and a womanizer. |
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| What I saw was a careful and ingenious reporter ferret out a fraud with care. |
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| Finally, figures from the Inland Revenue provide clues as to the scale and prevalence of fraud in tax avoidance and evasion by individuals and businesses. |
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| Three men who masterminded a sophisticated credit card fraud which could have netted them millions were yesterday locked up for a total of 16 years. |
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| The Australian ballot reduced fraud and increased split ticket voting, but it also reduced turnout because voters had to be able to read the ballot, which had not been the case with party ballots. |
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| It allows the state attorney-general and local prosecutors wide powers to prosecute vaguely defined charges of fraud against those working to sign up voters. |
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| You have to be blind as a bat not to see that the second part is a fraud. |
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| Pellicano and his codefendant Arneson were convicted, among other things, of 17 counts of honest-services wire fraud. |
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| Police have spoken of their disgust at a new fraud scam where crooks pretend to represent the Vatican and dupe the public into handing over bank details. |
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| The message going out to the crooks and the fraudsters is that this Government takes immigration fraud seriously, and that the behaviour will not be tolerated. |
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| Regulation of the language school sector is needed urgently to combat spiralling levels of visa fraud involving thousands of individuals, a senior Garda has warned. |
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| Who was the fraud, the vicious self-appointed censor, or the artist who toiled daily to transmit to future ages his graceful and winning reveries? |
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| Enron turned out to be the first of a wave of similar accounting fraud cases which shattered investor confidence and sent stock markets nosediving downwards last year. |
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| There had been some improvement in customs and tax control, in the fight against the sale of goods with fake or without excise revenue stamps, and against VAT fraud. |
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| In such a case the bar is absolute in relation to all points decided unless fraud or collusion is alleged, such as to justify setting aside the earlier judgment. |
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| And then in 2009, a federal grand jury indicted PWC for allegedly engineering a massive fraud in its operations in Iraq. |
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| It did nothing to note the earmarks of fraud that surrounded the story. |
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| The process of selling libations and meal offerings required purchasing and then redeeming different tickets, which were specifically marked to prevent fraud. |
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| Reports of scheduling fraud and wait time cover-ups kept coming after the 2012 inspector general report. |
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| Where the fraudster has perpetrated the fraud by drawing cheques on the customer's account, the victim's cause of action is usually for the conversion of the cheques involved. |
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