Sentences with phrase «from fraudulent practices»

by Tommy Swanson - Medical billing experts estimate that the US Government loses 30 cents of every dollar earned from fraudulent practices and medical...

- Medical billing experts estimate that the US Government loses 30 cents of every dollar earned from fraudulent practices and medical...

Even the most successful American artists of the day felt the need to create an organization that would protect them from fraudulent practices, provide group health insurance and disseminate information about the business of art.

Remember — these extra steps may be frustrating but this level of security are in place to protect all of us from fraudulent practices by criminals.

«CFIRA and its partner organizations are working diligently with the SEC to ensure that investors and borrowers are protected from fraudulent practices, and we welcome NASAA to join us in this effort,» Klein said last year in a news release.

Not exact matches

The proposed law wouldn't make conversion therapy itself illegal; but, it does make profiting from it against the law, labeling it a «fraudulent business practice.»

Her careful approach, fortified with a keen awareness of just how difficult it can be to distinguish physical needs from vaguer but no less powerful emotional ones, also eschews the fraudulent claims and dangerous practices perpetuated by the «five - day miracle plan» style of American dieting.

«As the top state law enforcement officials charged with investigating consumer complaints of fraudulent, deceptive and abusive financial practices in our respective states, we know from first - hand experience that the need for strong consumer financial protection is undiminished in the years since the financial crisis.»

Upon his promotion to FCC chairman, Ajit Pai cited other companies» fraudulent practices as a reason for removing nine internet service providers from the list of companies approved to provide federally subsidized internet access to low - income families.

The original 1998 Lancet article purporting to tie vaccines to autism was found to be based on fraudulent data and retracted; its lead author, Andrew Wakefield, has been barred from practicing medicine in the U.K. «My fear is that people will think that we have not done these studies.

These powerful companies spend billions to ensure you will be buying their products by using dishonest business practices, rigged clinical studies showing their products in a favorable light, public relations campaigns (like the fraudulent Breast Cancer Awareness Month — started by the manufacturer of mammogram machines), articles from paid «experts» on the internet and news clips to make you believe their products are healthy and safe, and lobbying Washington to enact laws ensuring you don't have healthy alternatives to their products.

The guide's harshest criticism is reserved for virtual charter schools, whose academic ineffectiveness, coupled with fraudulent attendance practices, resulted in NPE's recommendation that parents refrain from enrolling their children in online charters.

They highlighted it was the primary role of the state to protect its citizens from fraudulent, unfair and deceptive practices.

In the wake of scandals involving fraudulent lending and questionable mortgage loan servicing practices, FHA commissioner David H Stevens notes that the mortgage lending industry is suffering from a lack of public trust.

Prohibited acts.A credit services organization, a salesperson, agent, or representative of a credit services organization, or an independent contractor who sells or attempts to sell the services of a credit services organization shall not: (1) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration before completing performance of all services, other than those described in subdivision (2) of this section, which the credit services organization has agreed to perform for the buyer unless the credit services organization has obtained a surety bond or established and maintained a surety account as provided in section 45 - 805; (2) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration for obtaining or attempting to obtain an extension of credit that the credit services organization has agreed to obtain for the buyer before the extension of credit is obtained; (3) Charge a buyer or receive from a buyer money or other valuable consideration solely for referral of the buyer to a retail seller who will or may extend credit to the buyer if the credit that is or will be extended to the buyer is substantially the same as that available to the general public; (4) Make or use a false or misleading representation in the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization, including (a) guaranteeing to erase bad credit or words to that effect unless the representation clearly discloses that this can be done only if the credit history is inaccurate or obsolete and (b) guaranteeing an extension of credit regardless of the person's previous credit problem or credit history unless the representation clearly discloses the eligibility requirements for obtaining an extension of credit; (5) Engage, directly or indirectly, in a fraudulent or deceptive act, practice, or course of business in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization; (6) Make or advise a buyer to make a statement with respect to a buyer's credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity that is false or misleading or that should be known by the exercise of reasonable care to be false or misleading to a consumer reporting agency or to a person who has extended credit to a buyer or to whom a buyer is applying for an extension of credit; or (7) Advertise or cause to be advertised, in any manner whatsoever, the services of a credit services organization without filing a registration statement with the Secretary of State under section 45 - 806 unless otherwise provided by the Credit Services Organization Act.

Beyond that, a bipartisan group of 25 state attorneys general warned in a strongly worded letter last fall that the department could not legally abridge powers that the states have long had to protect citizens from fraudulent business practices.

The Trump University brand merely borrowed from other for - profit colleges, following alleged fraudulent practices pioneered by the likes of ITT Tech, Corinthian Colleges, and others.

Because older persons can be vulnerable to fraudulent practices, before applying for a reverse mortgage the program requires that persons receive free reverse mortgage housing counseling from a HUD - approved reverse mortgage counseling agency.

Although the proposed means to reach this end (protecting personal information, and protecting consumers from «fraudulent and deceptive commercial practices in the sphere of electronic commerce») are difficult to disagree with, we would suggest that online dispute resolution should also be — if not incorporated in the list — at least alluded to in some capacity.

We're starting with fraudulent ICOs, but as we grow we'll take on cases ranging from unfair business practices to product safety.

However, real estate claims based on the registration of fraudulent instruments under the Land Titles Act where the claim would otherwise be excluded from coverage due to the dishonesty of the insured lawyer — the risk targeted by the Real Estate Practice Coverage Option (REPCO)-- have turned out to be rare.

There needs to be a system in place for detection from audits and reviews to Incentivize the detection and deterrence of manipulative and fraudulent acts and practices, including partnering with regulators and particularly the CFTC to share or refer information, as appropriate.

Cohen Milstein's Consumer Protection practice is at the forefront of protecting consumers from a wide range of corporate malfeasance, including false and misleading advertising, fraudulent billing, and a variety of other unfair or deceptive business practices.

Travis Mock, an associate in the litigation practice, received an award from the New York Legal Aid Society for his work litigating to keep a severely ill and indigent woman and her son from being evicted from their apartment based on allegations that they conspired with the managing agent to enter a fraudulent rent - stabilized lease.

suits; that these purchases were made in pursuance of the conspiracy, secretly and fraudulently, for the purpose of preventing the Toledo Company and the District Court of Northern Illinois and the Circuit Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit from learning of the Phinney commercial practice; that the Toledo Company made diligent effort and investigation to find the Phinney commercial practice, and also evidence of the Computing Company's fraudulent suppression of evidence thereof; that, while Toledo Company had had knowledge of the Phinney commercial practice since 1913, it had no knowledge of Computing Company's fraudulent suppression thereof until December 20, 1921, which was after the affirmance of the accounting decree.

The provincial securities commissions have a statutory mandate to protect investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices and to foster fair and efficient capital markets.

To protect investors from scams and fraudulent practices, governments have started the crackdown on unregulated ICO advertising and marketing.

But the SEC made a decision Friday to prevent the proposed ETF, the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, from joining a stock exchange, citing «concerns about the potential for fraudulent or manipulative acts and practices» in Bitcoin trading.

In addition, the Illinois county is accusing Facebook of not protecting user data and not preventing Cambridge Analytica from committing fraudulent behavior, despite knowledge of the practice by the social media giant.

All of these fraudulent practices are common ways that providers can manipulate patient care in order to get additional payments from insurance companies.

The federal agency that protects consumers from risky or fraudulent lending practices should be restructured as a commission and not rely on a single director, the NAR Board of Directors voted at its May 20 meeting.

Inform clients from day one about your email and communication practices, and alert them to the possibility of fraudulent activity.