Sentences with phrase «fraud and abuse using»

It is often difficult to determine if these expenditures are legitimate and audits in other states have identified numerous instances of fraud and abuse using taxpayer funds.

Not exact matches

Although broadcasters ostensibly must direct the money they receive only toward costs associated with the spectrum auction, the likely scenario remains that the FCC will remain unable to detect and stop waste, fraud and abuse if the funds are used instead to upgrade their equipment in pursuit of ATSC 3.0.

I have seen people use the words of Jesus «judge not» as a shield to allow themselves to participate in whatever destructive behaviors they feel like indulging in, (including child neglect, spousal abuse, drug abuse, fraud, and adultery).

Scan the list of abuses that beset college sports, and your football team can claim, going back to 1980, at least one entry in virtually every category: improper benefits; recruiting violations; boosters run amok; academic cheating; use of steroids and recreational drugs; suppressed or ignored positive tests for drugs; player run - ins with other students as well as with campus and off - campus police; the discharge of weapons and the degradation of women in the football dorm; credit - card fraud and telephone credit - card fraud.

Over 300 major brands use iovation's fraud protection service to protect their members from romance scams, spam, financial fraud and many other forms of online fraud and abuse.

But the thing that is unique to social networks and online dating services is that some of the abuses taking place there are not finance related, they are behavior related, posting of inappropriate content for example, stalking kids or using a platform to spam other accounts, using a platform to perpetrate other types of fraud against members, the so called Nigerian scam for example.

Using iovation ReputationManager (TM), subscribers can track the history of fraud and abuse associated with each unique computer or hand - held device used to access their website.

We use user information, including Personal Information, behavioral metrics, and other non-personally identifiable information to operate, provide, improve, and maintain the Edutopia Technologies, to develop new products and services, to prevent abuse and fraud, and for other administrative and internal business purposes.

These provisions strengthen protections for Federal employees who disclose evidence of waste, fraud, or abuse, and modify rules on the use of nondisclosure policies or agreements by government agencies.

If, at BP's sole reasonable discretion, BP believes or suspects that you, or anyone using your BP Driver Rewards card or Rewards Account has engaged in any fraud, abuse or suspicious activity; failed to follow the Program Rules; or made any misrepresentations, BP reserves the right to close or freeze your Rewards Account immediately, prohibit you from accruing and / or earning Rewards on your Account, and / or cause you to forfeit any Rewards not already redeemed.

Here is another example (remember Prof. Bob Carter, now ex-JCU) of people's personal and professional lives being deliberately abused, one assumes, as a deliberate tactic used by those who agree with the use of tyrannical politics to silence their critics, lest the truth come out and they be exposed for fraud and misconduct, and to be shown up as faux «scientists».

Mr. Gatto's practice is national and international, and it encompasses a full range of IP and technology issues, including: patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation; counseling and technology transactions; developing and implementing IP strategies to protect and to monetize IP assets; creating and implementing corporate IP programs; conducting IP audits; conducting complex patent prosecution, including patent appeals, interferences, Inter Partes Review (IPRs), reissues and protests; handling patent enforcement issues, including licensing and litigation; negotiating and drafting technology agreements; conducting IP due diligence in and negotiating IP aspects of mergers, acquisitions and financings; rendering opinions concerning the infringement, validity and enforceability of patents; handling trademark prosecution, domain name, copyright and trade secret matters; handling IP aspects of employment issues; advising clients on legal issues associated with open source software including open source patent issues, licensing, open source compatibility issues, indemnity issues and developing and implementing corporate policies on use of open source software; advising clients on the legality of cutting edge Internet business methods and technology; and advising clients on computer law issues such as computer fraud and abuse and SPAM - related issues.

Greater use of electronic data has also increased our ability to identify and treat those who are at risk for disease, conduct vital research, detect fraud and abuse, and measure and improve the quality of care delivered in the U.S..

Commenters said that state agencies used the information from government health data systems to contribute to the improvement of the health care system by helping prevent fraud and abuse and helping improve health care quality, efficiency, and cost - effectiveness.

Using Medicaid data from various states, I have recently worked in SAS finding fraud, waste, and abuse.