Sentences with phrase «by false pretenses»

He had also pleaded guilty last month in state court to five counts of inducing a mortgage lender to part with property by false pretenses, allegedly as part of a scheme organized by Seymour.

Lying to a creditor about the debtor's financial condition: obtaining money or credit by false pretenses, false representation or actual fraud, or by a credit application that is materially false and intended to deceive the creditor.

Albany County Judge Peter Lynch determined Mazzeo, 58, of Guilderland, violated his probation in what the judge described as a «scheme to defraud and to steal money by false pretenses» in Mazzeo's newest case.

The Ghanaian businessman had been acquitted and discharged by the high court and the court of appeal on the charges of defrauding the state by false pretenses and causing financial loss to the state.

But I think an «obtaining money by false pretenses» lawsuit is getting closer every day.

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however, * by * his own Church's standards, it would have ultimately been dehumanizing for her if she received communion on false pretenses.

We are helped by confession to another when we are relieved of the false pride, the pretenses, the defensive shells which keep us from living our lives in freedom.

if the Ox was played to either showcase his skills or to increase any potential bids because of his perceived importance to our starting 11, this was an incredibly risky move that could have cost us dearly... imagine if he was injured or played poorly, like he did, and this negatively impacted our ability to get the best available deal... more importantly, why was Wenger willing to play someone who obviously wants out in such an important game under false pretenses... this kind of behaviour might be less offensive in April, when things are done and dusted, but to do this following a loss against a supposed main rival that pipped us for fourth by a point last year, could be considered at best inappropriate and at worst treasonous... we can't afford to let this coach make business decisions on game day, which has gone on for far too long

He had opposed British involvement in the war at its outbreak in 1914, a highly principled position to take in the face of its huge popularity among members of his own party, resigned his position as the leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party in consequence and then had his illegitimate birth raised by the newspapers in an attempt to get him to resign his seat as an MP (they argued that as he'd used a different name during his life from that on his birth certificate he'd stood for election on false pretenses and deceived his constituents).

That Vanity Fair article mentioned by KI also described how Macchiarini had seduced a producer for NBC News under false pretenses while the outlet was preparing a special about his work.

I was more entranced with the fine lines both moles had to walk — the moral complications, the fear of death and discovery and the hope to be accepted by a loved one under false pretenses.

Under a new identity, he becomes a mayor and the owner of a rosary factory, but a visit by an unsuspecting Javert distracts Valjean while poor Fantine (Anne Hathaway) is fired under false pretenses.

Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, K. Austin Collins and The New York Times» Wesley Morris are lured deep into the suburbs under false pretenses to discuss the pivotal social thriller Get Out, directed by Jordan Peele and starring Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams.

Their war of words over the wire escalates until Brad spots Jan in a nightclub; impressed by her beauty, he sets about wooing her under false pretenses by pretending to be a hayseed from Texas.

Money borrowed by fraud or false pretenses: A creditor may try to prove in court during your bankruptcy case that you lied or defrauded them, so that your debt can not be discharged.

In January of this year, two PETA employees, fully backed by PETAâ $ ™ s Newkirk and a highly - paid legal team, stood trial on 24 felony counts, including 21 counts of animal cruelty and obtaining property under false pretenses (lying to the shelters PETA adopted dogs and cats from, then euthanizing the animals rather then finding homes for them.)

18 U.S.C. § 1343 provides: «Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.»

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So, whereas the Trump campaign used data harvested by Cambridge Analytica under false pretenses, the Obama campaign created its own data - mining app with Facebook's full knowledge.

One case I had involved stolen social security numbers and I spent 20 - some hours running them through different queries and databases, trying to find possible hits on them, then if I did, trying to determine if they were used under false pretenses or if they were legitimately used by the real owner.

Denial of access to either fit parent by anyone, and especially under false pretenses, is outright abuse.

I would also feel badly for Andrew and Dustin because If our suspicions are correct then apparently they were duped by you into hiring you under false pretenses.

David, you also repeated unsubstantiated claims by, at least, one homeowner, that they felt an agent or agents had made appointments to show their home (FSBO) under false pretenses, just to get in the door.

The state is trying to determine whether the bank and its subsidiary, Countrywide Financial, sold investments backed by risky mortgages to institutional and private investors in California under false pretenses.