Sentences with phrase «described as a scam»

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Among other things, it has been criticized as a scam — based on economic assumptions that are described as «laughable» — and has come under fire from the U.S. Senate for the ease with which drug dealers and other subversive elements can make use of it.

CORY Bernardi has launched a fresh attack on the halal certification industry, describing it as a «scam».

The Women's Wing of the Christian Council of Nigeria (WOWICCN), has described the issue of the abducted girls from Chibok in Borno State as a scam...

ICC Petition: Okonjo - Iweala frowns at Falana over linkage with $ 2.1 bn arms scam Immediate past Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala, has described as malicious, attempts by Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), to link her with the $ 2.1 billion arms scandal.

The Member of Parliament for Asunafo South, who was a Minister for the Brong Ahafo Region under the John Mahama administration, has challenged President Nana Akufo - Addo, to fulfill what he calls a promise made to hundreds of DKM Microfinance customers, whose investments were locked up in what some have described as one of the largest microfinance scams in the country.

The EFCC also arrested the bank's Head of Operations, Martins Izuogbe, for his role in the alleged scam, which the anti-graft agency described as unprecedented.

Rep. Joseph Crowley, the House Democratic Caucus chairman, said that the GOP tax plan unveiled Thursday «is little more than a political scam» that he described as a «corporate giveaway that would decimate the middle - class and working families.»

Dr. Bawumia in response said, «I read that the former President described Ghana's National Digital Addressing system as a 419 scam.

People in the Brong Ahafo region and the three Northern regions have indeed become victims to what is either to be described as a grand conspiracy to rob them of their investments or financial scam authorized and certified by bank of ghana, the central bank of the republic to dupe seemingly the voiceless majority in the areas mentioned.

According to Scarpino, the issues that he plans to address in his new role include Westchester's heroin and illegal drug epidemic — a situation he described as «a scourge that is destroying our youth» — as well as Internet predators, phone scams, child and elder abuse, domestic violence, and injustices against immigrants who he believes are preyed upon by people who take advantage of their fear of deportation.

However on Fusion and other reputable dating sites who take spam, scammers and romance scams seriously it should not be a problem if you follow the basic «no to money» rule as described above.

Among those singles in our survey who hadn't tried online dating, one in 10 said they'd like to give it a shot but had concerns, describing themselves as private people (50 percent), and worried about data and information security (48 percent) and scams (46 percent).

Among those surveyed who hadn't tried online dating yet, one in 10 said they'd like to give it a shot but had concerns, with 50 % describing themselves as private people, 48 % worried about data and information security, and 46 % worried about scams.

The scam targeted puppy buyers who sought out pedigree puppies, people described in the programme as:

Sad to report there is ANOTHER scam going around, this time advertising a position described as a «work from home production runner» for a «short movie producer, director» who is «married with 3 kids».

The suit describes Tisch Asia as «an educational scam» and describes the faculty as «sub-par».

Though the science of climate change is clear, certain American conservatives deny the validity of the science and describe its conclusions as a political scam, a confusion of science and politics which could prove very dangerous... No American would deny the science of ballistics, but some deny climate science.

Heller described them as the «The Washington DC global warming scam demolition team.»

The paper concluded that «the entire «global warming» theory [is] nothing more than a scam,» and described the individual who committed criminal activities to hack personal emails as a «gallant» and a «unnamed hero.»

The Canadian Government getcybersafe website has resources to describe the risks and suggest ways to protect against things such as cyberbullying, scams and fraud.

This operation was described as well organized and involved choreographed collisions, allowing paralegals involved in the scam to claim for accident benefits.12 Again, the signatures of medical professionals were stolen as part of the claims process.

The PressOne project received 550 million dollars within three days without releasing a white paper, and was described as a typical «scam» by Chinese mainstream media.

The court heard that Morris had described the scam as «the Jamie Somers show» and planned to «take him for everything that he's got».