Sentences with phrase «commit fraud while»

In essence, if you commit fraud while using your public office to do so, the Code deems that you should be punished more severely than if the same act is committed by a private person.

This section also acts as an «additional» penal provision for government actors who commit fraud while conducting government business to punish the abuse of trust that take place when this happens.

Murphy ruled Dec. 30 that the city could not require COR to return the land even if the city proved its allegations that the Fayetteville - based development company committed fraud while negotiating its purchase of the land from the city.

Not exact matches

Tomasz Chmielarz, 33, pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark, N.J., to charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and related activity related to computers and e-mail, while Devin McArthur, 27, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

The expansion of the board is at the heart of the lawsuit: Benchmark says Kalanick committed fraud by pitching a board expansion while not informing them of the true crises the company was managing under his leadership.

The fraud committed by Cavani isn't the usual combination of being (a) famous, (b) expensive, and (c) extremely well - paid while also being (d) secretly rubbish.

Liberals often claim that while there may be other forms of voter fraud in the United States, like voter registration fraud, the only kind of voter fraud that a voter ID law can possibly prevent is in - person voter fraud (where someone shows up at a polling station and votes when they're not legally permitted), and that there have been almost no documented cases of someone committing intentional in - person voter fraud in the United States.

«The woman [Kellie Conlin] who was forced out — that called us frauds — while she's committing fraud» exclaimed Slattery who called it a «repugnant characterization» of his group «that was intended to be offensive.»

Sir Eric Miller, knighted in the Lavender List, committed suicide in 1977 while under investigation for fraud; he too had helped fund Harold Wilson's Leader's office.

Wike maintained that the people of the state would not participate in the activities of the panel «because of its (panel) agenda against the PDP» while shielding policemen used by the APC to commit electoral fraud.

Joseph Gerardi, a Syracuse - area development executive, was found not guilty for his role in the case while Steven Aiello, the head of that firm, Cor Development, was convicted on one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud.

Jia «Jenny» Hou, Liu's former campaign treasurer, was found guilty of attempted wire fraud, obstructing justice and making false statements to the FBI after a two - week trial in Manhattan federal court, while Xing Wu «Oliver» Pan was convicted of conspiring to commit wire fraud and attempted wire fraud last week.

Tinubu, while speaking said Nigerians should have expected that there would be challenges after the ouster of President Goodluck Jonathan given the alleged fraud PDP had committed.

ODA members — who must sign up and adhere to a code of practice — commit to «checking profiles, giving advice and guidance to customers, and dealing promptly with reports of fraud or other problems», while also offering inservice mail and chat forums, and talking to police about reducing scams.

«You corroborate and prove and substantiate a fraud of this caliber that spanned for decades, and then essentially give the country that committed that fraud a slap on the wrist, allow 160 of their athletes to compete in those games, two of them found doping, and then immediately after the games are over — without that country ever accepting responsibility, apologizing for any of their actions or accepting that any of this was truth while they continue to hunt Dr. Rodchenkov — you lift the ban on that country.

Former Senior Vice President Stanley «Jim» Cardiges is charged with racketeering, while Damien Budnick, 45, of Orlando, is charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

The «market maker» (or rather, someone within it) commits massive fraud and manages to evade the audits while embezzling customer money.

While having long - term implications for the financial health of borrowers, a present concern for consumer advocates is that it is unclear what will happen to the CFPB's ongoing lawsuit against the large student loan servicer, Navient, who was sued under the previous CFPB directorship over findings it committed widespread fraud and abuse against student loan borrowers.

While some creditors may not even ask you who committed the fraud or care if you do know who was responsible, it's likely they'll ask for a police report.

The less you drive, the cheaper your insurance so while you always need to give a genuine estimate to avoid committing fraud, it makes it doubly important not to overestimate as you'll also end up overpaying.

While I can understand the argument that if the borrower wanted to commit fraud all it needs to do is request a duplicate title, I like for them to have to do an extra step if they decide to not play by the rules.

And administration of the program was entrusted to Financial Public Enemy No. 1: Fannie Mae, the government - sponsored enterprise that did so much to inflate the housing bubble in the first place while enriching its politically connected executives and committing a sustained campaign of outright financial fraud.

By building upon his 1998 paper while knowing it made false claims about his results, Mann committed fraud.

While the landlord has the right to remedy under the Tenant Landlord Act of 1951, the fraud committed goes unpunished.

But this justification is problematic: while there is clearly a risk the employee might have committed previous breaches of contract, can the employer fairly be described as having taken the risk the employee will have committed a serious fraud against them, such that it is reasonable to require the employer to carry out their side of the bargain?

You'd think people would know this, but you'd also think people wouldn't smoke while they're pumping gas, and that they wouldn't try to commit insurance fraud.

While auto insurance fraud is nothing new, the rise of the number of people committing these acts is attributed to the troubled economy brought about by the recent recession.

While pre-DAO token offerings may be receiving a pass from the SEC, many of the most successful offerings have been hit by class action lawsuits that allege the ICOs in question were unregistered securities and thus committing fraud.

If they're successfully prosecuted, employees who commit workers» comp insurance fraud — working while receiving benefits, faking injuries, getting hurt in a weekend misadventure and claiming it happened at work — typically pay anywhere from $ 2,000 to $ 5,000 in penalties.

Because of this duty to supervise its licensees and also because the licensees are acting in the broker's name during their transactions, the trial court ruled that brokers are vicariously liable for intentional torts such as fraud committed by its licensees while they are performing their duties as a salesperson.

Finicity is committed to utilizing consumer - permissioned data in the credit decisioning space to increase accuracy and decisioning speed while reducing fraud.