Sentences with phrase «fraud allegations were made»

Not exact matches

The letter made several allegations of fraud at Silvercorp — most importantly, that its reported profit of US$ 66 million in 2010 was a lie and it had instead lost half a million dollars, plus that its reserve estimates were exaggerated.

Touching on the fraud allegations made by Mr Mahama, he said his government mounted a strong defense for the bus branding scandal and believes that the former president is better of not wading into such territories.

He said making noise in the media about discovery of fraud was different from being able to prove allegations of fraud in the court, adding that «The President and his men should stop the media trial and playing with bogus figures.

``... It is unremarkable that the arrest of the longtime Speaker of the Assembly on allegations that he committed a large - scale and long - running honest services fraud and extortion scheme generated substantial publicity, and it plainly would have done so regardless of any statements made by the U.S. Attorney.»

Mrs Osei in her response, pointed out among others that the allegations were unfounded, saying; «There is clearly, no established case of fraud or abuse of office made against the Chairperson.

And in addition to the SEC allegations, Venditto has been charged with conspiracy, bribery, securities fraud, wire fraud, making false statements and obstruction of justice.

Mr. Tsikata, who was removed from office following allegations of fraud and mismanagement, has however justified why he deserves to be paid the ex-gratia, explaining that «after twelve years of service as the GNPC CEO, even salary payments during a period when I was on leave in 2001, were not made to me.»

As discussed in a subsequent post, when challenged in a court of law, some of those who have made repeated claims that he has been engaged in fraud and scientific misconduct won't even stand behind their own allegations.

(5) investigate allegations, made in writing and under oath or affirmation, that citizens of the United States are unlawfully being accorded or denied the right to vote, or to have their votes properly counted, in any election of presidential electors, Members of the United States Senate, or of the House of Representatives, as a result of any patterns or practice of fraud or discrimination in the conduct of such election; and

What can be condemned, however, is the long campaign of allegations of dishonesty and scientific fraud made against us on the basis of these false claims.

it is not I who is making an allegation of fraud.

As discussed in a subsequent post, when challenged in a court of law, some of those who have made repeated claims that he has been engaged in fraud and scientific misconduct won't even stand behind their own allegations.

I was curious about the background of one of the panel members at the Guardian's «Climategate» debate, Doug Keenan, who made very critical remarks about the Muir Russell & Oxburgh reviews of the CRU hacking incident, and found that he had made formal allegations of research fraud against Professor Wei - Chyung Wang of SUNY - Albany and Phil Jones.

The allegations of intellectual and scientific fraud like those made against Dr. Mann are serious against anybody involved in academics, but the impact in this case is significantly elevated.

Denialists would be frothing at the mouth and screaming from the hills making allegations of «fraud» and «lies» without any legitimate evidence to support their claims....

A number of allegations were made; basically they amounted to «Oh, this sounds bad, it PROVES the whole thing is a fraud.»

The inquiry also briefly dealt with the allegation «that Jones was complicit in malpractice in failing to respond appropriately to allegations of fraud made against -LSB-...] Professor Wei - Chyung Wang», whose data Jones cited in a 1990 paper on the urban heat island effect.

The Respondent had also made personal attacks and allegations of fraud and dishonesty against one of the Claimant's employees, which turned out to be unfounded.

A lesson in logic from the lords In terms of civil and criminal standards of proof, the gravity of the allegation made (fraud, sexual abuse etc) may be an important consideration deserving greater «cogency» of evidence to prove the allegation.

In the subsequent fishing season, the RCMP investigated fraud allegations made by three other lobster companies, including a third Nova Scotia company that claimed they were defrauded of more than $ 1.7 million and another one in Taiwan which claimed that they were defrauded of more than $ 250,000.

At trial, allegations of this unrestrained child and numerous insinuations of workers» compensation fraud were made.

The Court of Appeal was careful not to conclusively weigh in on any substantive outcome — «A proper understanding of Precision's conduct is not possible until the trier of fact has made findings of fact on the relevant issues» (see para. 46) and that, with respect to the effect of the exclusion clause, a «trial judge would be in the best position to assess whether the evidence with respect to the allegations of fraud would warrant the intervention of public policy in this matter».

York University is making serious allegations of fraud against one of its former construction executives, Michael Markicevic, as well as against his wife, Janet Fleming, and his daughter, Mima Markicevic.

Davis LJ reiterated that this is the kind of scenario contemplated by Morris LJ in Hornal v Neuberger Products Ltd [1956] 3 All ER 970, [1957] 1 QB 247 where a «cautious approach» should be adopted in assessing an allegation of fraud and «the need for appropriately cogent evidence if a finding of fraud is to be made».

However, a judge might simply dismiss a claim as not proved on the balance of probabilities without finding that the allegation of fraud was made out; the legal burden remained on each claimant to prove their case.

Because the statements about the Sullivans» prequalification were made to the sellers instead of the brokerage, the court found that the brokerage couldn't show that the statement about prequalification wasn't a false statement made to a plaintiff in the suit, an essential element of any fraud allegation.