Sentences with phrase «included false statements»

That story included false statements and was generally misleading.
Harder's letter claims the book includes false statements about Trump that «give rise to claims for libel» and the possibility of «substantial monetary damages and punitive damages.»

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• Meanwhile, Jurvetson tweeted that he's leaving the firm «to focus on personal matters,» which include taking legal action against those «whose false statements have defamed me.»
Theranos presented the facts to this reporter to prove the accuracy and reliability of its tests and to directly refute these false allegations, including through over 1,000 pages of statements and documents,» according to the statement.
Flynn has been under investigation for a wide range of allegations, including lobbying work on behalf of Turkey, but the fact that he was charged only with a single count of false statements suggests he is cooperating with Mueller's investigation in exchange for leniency.
Still, right - leaning websites are spreading false statements, and users on Twitter and Facebook, including the actor James Woods, are recirculating the falsehoods.
He and Manafort had also been charged in October with 12 counts including conspiracy against the US, conspiracy to launder money, being an unregistered agent of a foreign principal, making false and misleading statements, and failing to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.
Bruce Karatz Former chairman / CEO KB Home Charges: Karatz was indicted in March on 20 counts, which include charges of fraud and making false statements regarding the backdating of stock options from 1999 to 2006.
Theranos presented the facts to this reporter to prove the accuracy and reliability of its tests and to directly refute these false allegations, including more than 1,000 pages of statements and documents.
In an email, the lawyer, Charles J. Harder, said Ms. Trump, the wife of Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, «has placed several news organizations on notice of her legal claims against them, including Daily Mail among others, for making false and defamatory statements about her supposedly having been an «escort» in the 1990s.»
Accordingly, notwithstanding receipt of the IRS private letter ruling and / or opinions of counsel or other external tax advisors, the IRS could determine that the distribution and certain related transactions should be treated as taxable transactions for U.S. federal income tax purposes if it determines that any of the facts, assumptions, representations, statements or undertakings that were included in the request for the IRS private letter ruling or on which any opinion was based are false or have been violated.
Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
After a highly publicized five - week jury trial that was the most closely watched of a wave of corporate fraud trials, Stewart was found guilty in March 2004 of conspiracy, obstruction of an agency proceeding, and making false statements to federal investigators, and was sentenced in July 2004 to serve a five - month term in a federal correctional facility and a two - year period of supervised release (to include five months of electronic monitoring).
Are you aware of the November 2010 declaration to the Los Angeles County Superior Court former LA Deputy District Attorney Donald H. Steier which included the alarming statement that as many as ONE HALF of abuse accusations against Catholic clergy may be «entirely false» or «greatly exaggerated»?
Does that include yours or are you superior that your statement, thus making the statement itself false?
Following the release of these findings, The HSUS filed complaints with the SEC and FTC, alleging that Seaboard makes grossly false and misleading statements about animal welfare to shareholders, potential investors and the public, including that the company uses the «most humane practices.»
«Therefore, if, after the investigation is complete, the investigator determines that any employee has knowingly made false accusations or provided false statements during the investigation, he or she may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination,» the guidelines state.
The crime ring issued fraudulently obtained but legitimate US visas and false identification documents, including birth certificates at a cost of $ 6,000 each, the statement said.
The feds hit him with two new counts of making false statementsincluding one allegation that Espada intentionally underreported his salary when submitting government reports related to his medical business, Soundview Health Center.
The former governor also was charged with making a false statement to a financial institution during a mortgage loan refinancing application, when he neglected to include liabilities he owed to businessman and campaign donor Jonnie Williams.
Linda Mangano, 54, of Bethpage, has pleaded not guilty to charges including obstructing justice and making false statements to the FBI.
Charges against Linda Mangano, 54, of Bethpage, include obstructing justice and making false statements to the FBI.
Welfare fraud includes making false or misleading statements and / or concealing information in order to receive or continue to receive benefits in program areas one would otherwise not be entitled to.
[6][7] Illegal means of gaining information used included hacking the private voicemail accounts on mobile phones, hacking into computers, making false statements to officials, entrapment, blackmail, burglaries, theft of mobile phones and making payments to public officials.
As for whether the by - election should be happening at all, three quarters of voters in the seat (including a majority of Labour voters) think Phil Woolas «did make false statements about his opponents and this probably affected the result», so rerunning the election was the right decision.
Linda Mangano, 54, also of Bethpage, faces charges including obstruction of justice and making false statements to the FBI.
Mangano's wife, Linda, 54, also of Bethpage, is standing trial with them and has pleaded not guilty to charges that include obstruction of justice and making false statements to the FBI.
Mangano's wife, Linda, faces charges including obstructing justice and making false statements to the FBI.
Linda Mangano, 54, of Bethpage, faces charges including obstructing justice and making false statements to the FBI.
New charges include multiple counts of grand larceny, a felony that is punishable by prison time, as well as filing a false statement.
Laws against promoting false statements are already fairly common around the world, including in Europe, although more often exercised a commercial or advertising context than in a political or purely journalistic one.
SILVER also repeatedly made false statements about his outside income in his public statements, including the following:
Melania Trump filed a libel lawsuit against the publisher of The Daily Mail, contending that it published an article that contained «false and defamatory statementsincluding that she was once an escort.
She faces charges that include conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements in that case.
Among other complaints raised by the campaigners included the wrongful spelling of «Ghanaians», written as «Ghanians» and a false statement that Ghana's president - elect, Nana Akufo - Addo had contested a general election in 1998.
This is a false statement, as all county employees (including his wife and he himself as her spouse) who earn health insurance benefits will receive 50 % of their health insurance costs covered under MVP Gold (which is not the same insurance that current county employees receive) upon retirement and 10 years of employment after reaching the age of 55.
A federal grand jury in April indicted him on 16 felony counts, including racketeering, conspiracy, wire fraud and making false statements to investigators.
Talk of the Sound has requested further information from the WCDOH including information regarding communications between the WCDOH and the City School District of New Rochelle regarding the «stealth retraction», the failure to remove the third knowingly false statement and the failure to send a new message to Davis parents that the message from Michael Galland on August 5th containing a knowingly false statement.
The new charges include multiple counts of grand larceny, a felony that is punishable by prison time, as well as filing a false statement.
The document further stated that Libous, during an in interview on June 24, 2010, gave several false statements to the FBI, including that he could not recall how his son began work at the law firm and that he was not involved in his son's decision to work at the firm.
The article included eight statements about the new test, with each immediately identified as fact or myth, and with an explanation of why the items were true or false.
In addition, the ethics statement included in the article is false.
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Villar's statement, «The CEA has continued to push for an absolute ban despite the fact a majority of the CEA's own constituents believe measures of student learning should be included in their evaluations,» is based on a false premise.
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