Sentences with phrase «false pretence»

Examples: theft under $ 200 and obtaining money or property by false pretences under $ 200.

He also reportedly carted away the phone of the best man under false pretences of safekeeping it.

These were mostly taken on false pretences by using «nightmare «leaflet playing on the public's fears regarding austerity and the basic policies of the coalition: a mixture of cleverly stating the obvious so that people could vote labour as a projection of hope and change or on the back of protest votes.

people like tallullah 13 are the modern fools of this world, they're droids of new rotten sistem ready to belive what their corrupted master order them to, their are new cows to get milked.Even if they are non belivers, atheists or sharlatans, by principles of nature, science or civil morality what good it brings to our comunity, or as society and civilization being a gay or promoting gay relationships under abusive and false pretence of civil rights?

«This decision has been taken following preliminary investigations conducted into the circumstances that led to the arrest of some sixty (60) Ghanaians, who had allegedly attempted to enter Australia by false pretences in the on - going 21st Commonwealth Games,» a statement from the presidency explained.

But for the rest of the 12 counts of conspiracy, forgery of documents and using the documents as genuine to facilitate the act of obtaining the total sum of N1, 051,030,434.63 from the Federal Government under the fuel subsidy scheme by false pretence as charged under the Penal Code Act, the court sentenced him to seven years of imprisonment on each of the 12 counts.

Brandt is both shocked and disappointed that Mr. Magnan misrepresented his intentions..., allowed a replacement employee to be hired, and accepted retirement gifts from Brandt under what were obviously false pretences.

You have the same down and loathing of the, admittedly appalling, Iwobi as I had when Weed Walcott stole wages from us on false pretences for twelve long years.

Hate these old bastards who come in with false pretences and bullshit there way around just to get a look at Arsenal.....

In a separate charge, Margif is also facing another four - count charge of conspiracy, forgery, and obtaining by false pretence before Justice O.O. Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja.

The charges bothered on conspiracy, altering, forgery and obtaining by false pretence -LSB-...]

I say there is nothing wrong with the person you are already and instead of making false pretences, we should perhaps use the new year to focus on the «REAL YOU».

Firstly, apologies if I got you here under the seeming false pretence that this is some fan - based show about the Rolling Stones.

Good grief people, George W. Bush started a war on false pretences costing trillions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of lives and his administration engaged in state - sanctioned torture.

we end up kissing and intercourse again... he was glad we did it and felt needed it... i know he does nt want to give false pretence or anything to hurt my feeling..

The VC was arraigned on nine counts, including fraud, obtaining money under false pretences, abuse of office and felony, while the Bursar was on arraigned on two counts of corruption.

The disciplinary panel ruling by chair Mary Louise Dickson and rounded out by Ross Earnshaw and Sarah Walker found on a balance of probabilities that Savone had engaged in professional misconduct when he assisted in dishonest conduct of clients in obtaining mortgage proceeds under false pretences in that he abdicated his responsibility to review and check that statements of adjustment properly reflected the 12 transactions in question.

It is immoral taking consultancy fees from the club you have bought on false pretences as Silent and Absent Stan did!

Some landlords have used these provisions to evict tenants based on false pretences in order to circumvent rent control laws and re-rent the premises at a higher market rent.

A statement by STRANEK, says the accusations should not be trivialized as yet another political spat between two aggrieved politicians, since it borders on defrauding by false pretence, a serious offence under The criminal offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

Of Injustice and False pretences, and 10.

It is of course a scandal but one which some have become immune to, so long has this weed been around the club, poncing HUGE AND SCANDALOUSLY UNEARNED WAGES under false pretences.

Patently, both are picking up wages under false pretences, encouraged to do so and unquestioned by Wenger.

Mourinho said the injury would prevent Jones from playing against Newcastle United on Saturday and suggested rival clubs had withdrawn their players from international duty under false pretences.

This is a huge power grab under false pretences.

1) A false pretence is a representation of the existence of a state of facts made by a person, either with the knowledge that such representation is false or without the belief that it is true, and made with an intent to defraud.

* Whoever defrauds any person by any false pretence shall be guilty of a second degree felony.

• Section 132 — Definition of Defrauding by False Pretence A person is guilty of defrauding by false pretences if, by means of any false pretence, or by personation he obtains the consent of another person to part with or transfer the ownership of anything.

The said sections state as follows: False Pretences and Other Frauds * Section 131 — Defrauding by False Pretence.

Commentators have focused on the «# 350 million per week» message delivered by Vote Leave, as evidence that the referendum was held under false pretences.

«He told us he would not support it... He gained our endorsement under false pretences.»

«We don't break the law at Project Veritas — what we do is right on the line of legality,» said O'Keefe, who in 2010 pleaded guilty to charges related to entering the offices of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D - Louisiana, under false pretences.

In my constituency, a group of people gained access to my shared office building under false pretences and filmed themselves protesting outside the door of my office, in an incident that has been reported to the police.

In particular, evidence given to the UN about weapons of mass destruction and to the British Parliament (the so - called «dodgy dossier») are now widely accepted to have been a false pretence.

Between count 29 and 32, the defendants were accused of conspiracy, conversion and obtaining by false pretences the sum of N214, 809,000, belonging to Benue State Government between April 13 and 15, 2015.

«I have also taken into consideration that the Criminal Law of Lagos prescribes 15 years in prison for the offence of obtaining money by false pretences.

It accused the defendants of conspiracy, conversion of property derived directly from corruption; collaboration to conceal property derived from corruption; obtaining by false pretences and accepting cash payments, exceeding the amount authorised by law.

From count five to nine, the prosecution also accused the three defendants of conspiracy, collaboration to conceal, obtaining by false pretences and conversion of a cumulative sum of N7, 110,537,823.78, allegedly derived directly from corruption.

«I hereby sentence the defendant to three years in prison on the one - count charge of obtaining money by false pretences.

As part of the terms of the agreement, he pleaded guilty to a one - count amended charge of obtaining money by false pretences.

The three - member panel, presided over by Justice Victor Ofoe, by the unanimous ruling, had upheld the decision of an Accra High Court presided over by John Ajet Nassam last year, which acquitted and discharged Woyome of the charges of defrauding the state by false pretences and wilfully causing financial loss to the state.

The MP also revealed that he had been forced to have a police presence at his constituency surgeries last weekend after a group of people accessed his office building «under false pretences and filmed themselves protesting outside the door of my office».

EFCC and the police had levelled them allegations of obtaining subsidy payments by false pretences, stealing, money laundering and forgery with respect to the alleged fraudulent payment of N43.29 bn in the transactions conducted in 2011.

Kpordzih has also been charged with defrauding the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Digitech Construction, Prince Darron Obasa, of GHc 200,000 under false pretence, as well as issuing...

EFCC Arraigns Man for Fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today arraigned one Bolaji Quadri (aka Philip Coffert) before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court on a 6 - count charge of forgery and obtaining money under false pretence.

One of the charges read, «That you, Jules Suinner, on or about the 13th day of July 2015, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to obtain money under false pretences, conspired with ICT Aid Foundation Cooperative Society (still at large) and others (still at large) to fraudulently impersonate officials of Greenview Development Nigeria Limited.»