In
every given fraud case, the prosecutor must definitely prove, beyond any reasonable doubt, that fraud has in fact occurred.
Not exact matches
In the
case of JP Morgan, this has karma written all over it
given the way its chief executive has ridiculed digital assets by associating them with
fraud.
In both
cases, this is typical «control
fraud» from the banking sector as it allowed exponential growth in profit in the short term through higher loan volumes (for a
given level of bank capital).
First, in a lot of
cases, people have been
given substantial grants to do honest research, so it really is no different from financial
fraud or theft.
Judge Paul Peatross Jr. of Albemarle County Circuit Court found that Cuccinelli had
given no reason to suspect that Mann had committed any
fraud, one of the requirements of a state law that Cuccinelli used as the basis for his
case.
However, it's very important to make sure that alerts of potential
fraud are legitimate and from your actual bank or lender, and not a phishing scam, which are infamous for using potential
cases and warnings of
fraud to rope victims in to
giving them their personal information.
While the level of
fraud protection offered by a credit card and a debit card is therefore technically the same, the aftermath of credit card
fraud is less severe,
given that money is not removed from your bank account as soon as a purchase is made, as would be the
case with a debit card.
«Not only have we been able to
give investors earlier warnings of corporate
frauds and other negative credit situations, but in many
cases we've led the industry on upward credit revisions of worthy recipients.»
In light of the recent art -
fraud case that involved the Knoedler Gallery selling «newly discovered» paintings by Mark Rothko and other Abstract Expressionists, some art experts have stopped
giving their opinions altogether.
Given the
case law, one might think that the Act could simply be ignored; the Statute of
Frauds seems to be comfortable with e-communications — though only one Canadian trial - level court has so held, so far as I know.
For instance, in many money laundering and
fraud cases, forensic accountants
give evidence and it is usually necessary to cross-examine them.
This weird Facebook ownership lawsuit brought by Paul Ceglia has been going on for a while now, but it's noteworthy how many lawyers have taken on the
case and withdrawn — especially
given that Facebook is now talking about bringing actions against prior attorneys for Ceglia based on failure to report evidence of
fraud to the court.
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Given government spending and resource cuts, it's likely there are a number of
cases involving
fraud that government agencies just can't afford to pursue.
Clause 2 of the Bill would prevent the attorney general from
giving directions to the director of public prosecutions (DPP), the director of the serious
fraud office and the director of revenue and customs prosecutions, in relation to an individual
case.
«This judgment has not only established that NNPC is free to advance its
case that the award had been procured by
fraud, but it also
gives legal clarity and precedent regarding the attaching of conditions to the raising of a defence to the enforcement of an international arbitration award.
Any attempt to sell or
give away assets before filing bankruptcy may be seen as bankruptcy
fraud by the court, and if discovered can lead to your
case being dismissed or even felony criminal charges.
In addition to the aforementioned exception for
cases when the injured victim was a child, there is also an exception for circumstances in which
fraud was employed to conceal the injury; in those
cases, the timeline is extended by 2 years, but even then, a claim can not be brought more than 7 years after the incident
giving rise to the claim.
She essentially
gave the back of her hand to the mitigating detail presented by Rubashkin's lawyers, including his responsibility for 10 children, his extensive charitable activities, the absence of any indication that he was motivated by greed, and, most significantly, the disproportionality of the sentence recommended by federal guidelines as compared to those handed down in
fraud cases of similar size and scope.
l When the
case involves an allegation of serious
fraud or dishonesty, generally conclusions on such issues ought to be reached at trial, caution ought to be exercised before
giving summary judgment in a
case of that nature (Wrexham Associated Football Club v Crucialmove Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 237, [2006] All ER (D) 199 (Mar)-RRB-.
However,
given the number of prominent and recently reported
cases of civil
fraud in the courts of Ontario and Canada and the frequency of reports in the media of those falling victim to civil
fraud, it is easy to conclude that civil
fraud and dishonesty has increased in Ontario, or that more victims of
fraud are coming forward to seek redress for their losses.
A further unattractive feature from an insurer's perspective is the complete prohibition on avoiding the policy or claims, even in the event of
fraud; the reimbursement provision in the policy does not
give insurers sufficient redress in the worst
cases.
Mr. D'vitre placed reliance on the judgment of English court of Appeal in
case of Kanoria and others vs. Guinness (2006) 1 LLR 701 in support of the submission that even though in that matter challenged to the award in India had failed, English Court of appeal had refused to enforce foreign award as the aggrieved party was not
given due notice of plea of
fraud and was unable to represent its
case.
In so far as reliance placed by the learned senior counsel for the respondent in
case of Kanoria and others vs. Guinness reported in (2006) 1 Llyod's Law Reports 701 in support of the submission that though petition under section 34 challenging a foreign award in India had failed, English Court of Appeal had refused to enforce foreign award on the ground that aggrieved party who was not
given due notice of plea of
fraud and was unable to represent its
case is concerned, a perusal of the judgment indicates that the Court of Appeal had rendered a finding that the aggrieved party who was unable to represent its
case and had refused to enforce the foreign award.
It
gives auditors the opportunity to audit how the platform is run as well as to detect
cases of theft,
fraud and other illegalities associated with a transacting forum.
Too bad the DRE probably won't listen anyways, they never do until lawsuits arise... I
give it 2 years before all of these «
fraud»
cases create more disclosure issues in this business.