Fraud
Meanings and phrases
fraud
- intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage; fraudulence; dupery; hoax; humbug; put-on
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses; imposter; impostor; pretender; fake; faker; sham; shammer; pseudo; pseud; role player
n.
- fraud that prevents a party from knowing their rights or from having a fair opportunity of presenting them at trial; extrinsic fraud
n.
- comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence; legal fraud
n.
- misrepresentation or alteration of the true results of an election
- Congress awarded the seat to Lynch because of marked election fraud by the Democrats.
- True the Vote's website runs stories on election fraud being perpetrated by liberals and Democrats.
- Final results were delayed by accusations of election fraud, and were finally announced on November 12, 2005.
n.
- fraud that prevents a party from knowing their rights or from having a fair opportunity of presenting them at trial; collateral fraud
n.
- actual deceit; concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another; positive fraud
n.
- fraud that is presumed from the circumstances although the one who commits it need not have had any evil intent
n.
- fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed; e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract
n.
- fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute and instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e.g., misleading someone about the true facts
n.
- fraud (as by use of forged documents or false claims or perjury) that misleads a court or jury and induces a finding for the one perpetrating the fraud
n.
- comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence; constructive fraud
n.
- use of the mails to defraud someone
- In 1872, Congress created the crime of mail fraud.
- On August 25, 2006, Gonzalez was indicted on federal mail fraud charges.
- In 1996, DiNapoli pleaded guilty in the federal mail fraud conspiracy case.
n.
- actual deceit; concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another; fraud in fact
E.g.
- Elections were declared invalid due to electoral fraud.
- Supporters witnessed electoral fraud and voter intimidation.
- Elections in 1990 were marked by violence and suspected electoral fraud.
E.g.
- The wire fraud charge was dropped by prosecutors in March.
- On December 12, 2008, he pled guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud.
- In February 2020, Arrington pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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- Fail was indicted for securities fraud in Alabama in 1976.
- On December 11, 2008, Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud.
- [citation to law needed] Dankner was charged with securities fraud and market manipulation.
E.g.
- There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in California or Texas.
- The organization held a national summit in Houston largely centered on charges of voter fraud.
- There was no evidence that the reporting was related to the actual rate of voter fraud in each state.
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- Mitchell served time in prison for tax fraud from 2013 to 2016.
- In September 2019, Balkany and his wife Isabelle were convicted of tax fraud.
- He was indicted in 2003 in the largest value added tax fraud in Norwegian history, but fled the country.
E.g.
- On August 25, 2006, Gonzalez was indicted on federal mail fraud charges.
- In the 1960s, Altamirano was imprisoned on fraud charges related to his government position.
- This incident would later provide the basis for further fraud charges against Fail brought by the FDIC.
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- In 1976, Rebozo was the subject of a bank fraud investigation.
- He was convicted for seven counts of bank fraud on September 4, 1997.
- In 2010, Nakoula pleaded no contest to federal charges of bank fraud in California.
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- On April 27, 1994, Igor Mirenkov was arrested for stealing gasoline and insurance fraud.
- In 1993, Klecko was sentenced to 3 months in prison for perjury in an insurance fraud case.
- Ravi is exonerated, while Ramanathan receives three years' imprisonment for committing insurance fraud.
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- Fighting card fraud is therefore more interesting for banks.
- Among the main operations of the band, it's remarkable the credit card fraud.
- Three incidents of credit card fraud described in the book resulted in much interest in the press.
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- Pomeje was then investigated for financial fraud.
- Her boss, charismatic billionaire Thaddeus Gault, is suspected of massive financial fraud.
- Solow's attorneys subsequently contacted federal authorities, that Dreier might be engaged in financial fraud.
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- The media has largely reported the allegations of fraud as fact.
- The party fared poorly in the 1971 elections amid allegations of fraud by the opposition parties.
- The campaign was marred by allegations of fraud, and most of the other candidates withdrew in the final week.