Sentences with phrase «of fraud claims»

There's also the increasing number of fraud claims from desperate people trying to get money due to the recent economic crisis.

For three years she acted for an individual defendant resident in the Russian Federation in respect of a series of fraud claims brought by his former employer.

Our team includes specialists in financial services fraud, who have decades of experience of fraud claims for and against banks, funds, and senior employees / directors of companies in the financial services sector.

Much of our work is international, and we have significant expertise of fraud claims arising from emerging markets, including the CIS / CEE, Africa and India.

Obtained dismissal of a fraud claim brought in federal court against the former vice president of finance of an investment bank that misappropriated a $ 4 million investment and transferred it for its own use.

Not exact matches

The entrepreneur is never one to keep his opinions to himself, so it's probably a matter of time until he sounds off about the president's controversial travel ban or unsubstantiated voter fraud claims.

Some of the posts claimed that a company called Audience was being criminally investigated for «rumored fraud.»

The anonymous author of the letter claims that his firm was holding short positions and planned to tell the world, through Internet postings, about the fraud.

According to Creditcards.com, while only 25 percent of U.S. debit cards are currently chip - equipped, and an estimated 12 million point - of - sale terminals still need to be upgraded to support EMV, small businesses accepting antiquated swipe and sign payments are «held 100 % liable for claims of fraud or wrong - doing» according to Finance Magnets.

Trump tweeted the comments one day after his press secretary, Sean Spicer, defended the president's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud.

But the author of that study, David Becker, has repeatedly pushed back against Trump's claims that there was widespread voter fraud in the 2016 election.

BEIJING (AP)-- Sino Forest Corp. says its chief executive has resigned as Canadian regulators investigate fraud allegations against the Hong Kong - based company following claims it exaggerated the size of its forest holdings in China.

After claims of no problems as late as October, Olympus» alleged fraud has been followed in recent months with independent reviews that have been made public, condemning the company's actions.

The Briscoe Law Firm, PLLC is a full service business litigation and shareholder rights advocacy firm with more than 20 years of experience in complex litigation matters, including claims of investor and stockholder fraud, shareholder derivative suits, and securities class actions.

Armstrong's former teammate, Floyd Landis, originally brought the lawsuit in 2010 under a federal law, the False Claims Act, that lets whistle - blowers pursue fraud cases on behalf of the government, and obtain rewards if successful.

Moore, whose campaign filed a last - minute «election fraud» complaint on Thursday just before the results were certified just after 2 p.m. EST, claimed that widespread voter fraud had contributed to his more than 20,000 vote loss to Jones, a number that was not significantly altered by the inclusion of military and provisional ballots that were later counted.

«People are entitled to their own opinion, but they are not entitled to their own facts,» Merrill said, then detailing some of the voter fraud claims.

During an interview with CNN, Merrill, who voted for Moore, outlined some of the voter fraud claims his office has had to deal with in the weeks that followed Jones's surprise victory and Moore's refusal to concede the race.

This time, Pomerantz established the right of individual foreign investors who purchased foreign - traded shares of a foreign corporation to pursue claims for securities fraud in a U.S. court, thereby overcoming obstacles created by the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 read more

Despite the rising popularity of Bitcoin trading not only among technologists, investors, and the masses, there are financial experts who are dismissing its real value — claiming that it is a fraud.

Past opportunities include claims, judgements, private notes and financings, loans, distressed secondaries, derivative contracts and other financial instruments in a variety of situations such as insolvencies, class actions, frauds and insurance liquidations.

They have brought a case of fraud against him claiming that they have had their money stolen.

On August 2, 2005, CIBC paid US$ 2.4 billion to settle a class action lawsuit brought by a group of pension funds and investment managers, including the University of California, which claims that «systematic fraud by Enron and its officers led to the loss of billions and the collapse of the company.»

In addition, Mr. Morley filed a subsequent lawsuit containing allegations that the formation of Square and the development of our card reader and decoding technologies constituted, among other things, breach of an alleged oral joint venture, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, civil conspiracy, unjust enrichment, and misappropriation of trade secrets, as well as other related claims.

Because of an exception that tends to swallow the rule, however, corporate defendants are often disappointed when they attempt to invoke this principle to defeat securities fraud claims.

In November, the FBI charged Brooklyn businessman Maksim Zaslavskiy with securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud for allegedly bilking investors out of $ 300,000 through an ICO scam called REcoin which he claimed was «the first - ever cryptocurrency backed by real estate.»

Vladimir Prado got eight years in federal prison after running a health care fraud scam from three Miami - Dade clinics that submitted $ 10 million of false claims to Blue Cross Blue Shield and Medicare.

Prosecutors claim that billions of Korean Won (KRW) were transferred from client accounts that could amount to fraud.

The deficit figures of 2009 were a source of great controversy in the past, as the then outgoing government under conservative Kostas Karamanlis was accused of fraud by claiming the deficit to be much less than it actually was.

Even if regulators do not act, when a presale results in nothing more than profits for its promoter, a disgruntled investor will inevitably make a private securities fraud claim to try and claw back some of their capital; assuming a court will determine a presale of digital tokens to be a private placement of securities, any such federal claim would fall under Rule 10b - 5.

At the center of the alleged fraud is California - based Mining Max, which apparently lured investors by claiming it had developed a machine for «mining» digital currency.

There, the High Court held that those who purchase securities on exchanges outside of U.S. borders can not pursue fraud claims under U.S. federal securities laws.

He successfully argued that foreign and domestic investors had asserted viable «holder claims» seeking to recover investment losses due to their retention of already - owned shares in reliance upon the fraud, which is believed to be the first ruling by a U.S. court sustaining such a theory under English common law.

With President Trump's claim of voter fraud on a massive scale in the 2016 presidential election, it may be time for the country to...

In October 2014, Pomerantz once again secured crucial victories in this ground - breaking litigation, establishing the right of individual foreign investors who purchased shares on a non-U.S. exchange to pursue claims for securities fraud in a U.S. court, thereby overcoming obstacles created by Morrison.

Additionally, Mark Karpeles had to face law enforcement authorities, following numerous claims of fraud and mismanagement.

There is also the risk of fraud related to companies claiming to offer cryptocurrency payment platforms or other cryptocurrency - related products and services.

«Benchmark never suggested that the amendments were «fraudulently induced» or in any way unenforceable, although all of the events on which it bases its claim of fraud were well known to Benchmark,» Kalanick's filing read.

It is unclear whether click fraud is as big an issue as most of these studies claim, but the perception of fraudulent clicks being a huge problem keeps haunting advertisers and search engines alike.

Click on any group of JPMC customers in the roulette wheel and you will see how much JPMC has been forced to pay that group to settle claims that JPMC committed fraud or violations of law, just in the last five years.

On March 27, 2014, JPMC and the bankruptcy trustee for Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. agreed to a $ 15 million settlement of claims against JPMC alleging JPMC allowed fraud to occur at Peregrine, which was bankrupted after its founder looted hundreds of millions of dollars from customer accounts.

Prosecutors in Switzerland are expanding their investigation into claims of fraud at the under fire Malaysian state fund 1MDB.

This time, Pomerantz established the right of individual foreign investors who purchased foreign - traded shares of a foreign corporation to pursue claims for securities fraud in a U.S. court, thereby overcoming obstacles created by the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Morrison v. Nat» l Australia Bank Ltd..

In addition, the GVBOT co-sponsored a fourth resolution with the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal which aims to address fraud in public procurement and recommends the adoption of a False Claims Act, similar to that of the United States.

In the single most egregious case of alleged fraud, BP sued Mikal Watts in December 2013, alleging that the powerful San Antonio plaintiffs» attorney falsely claimed to represent tens of thousands of «phantom» victims of the -LSB-...]

The court answered both questions in the affirmative and held that the CFTC can pursue fraud and manipulation claims in virtual currency spot markets.5 First, the court found that the term «commodity» encompasses virtual currency «both in economic function and in the language of the statute.»

5 Although the court did not address private enforcement, it is worth noting that it does not appear that a private party could bring a claim under the CEA for fraud or manipulation in connection with the purchase or sale of virtual currencies.

Maduro's critics in Venezuela have denounced the planned digital currency, claiming that the new digital currency is a fraud, an attempt to compensate for Venezuela's lack of oil production.

I do claim there is no abrahamic god, the one from the bible, because the bible is a known fraud and collection of myths and lies, and that seems to be christianity's only «proof» the abrahamic god exists.

Plenty of hucksters and marketers of «belief» claim education and knowledge, but commit intellectual fraud and dishonesty to make their points.