Sentences with phrase «of systematic fraud»
Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: «The possibility of systematic fraud of the public purse on a massive scale by profiting companies diminishes justice.»
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The study found that 9 % of projects fail to deliver their rewards, though the Wharton professor behind the study also concluded that there «does not seem to be a systematic problem associated with failure (or fraud) on Kickstarter, and the vast majority of projects do seem to deliver.»
«Ultimately, there does not seem to be a systematic problem associated with failure (or fraud) on Kickstarter, and the vast majority of projects do seem to deliver,» says Professor Ethan Mollick, who has a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, in Kickstarter's statement announcing the results of the research.
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.»
If the recount reveals systematic error resulting from fraud or an error of the law, the courts can have the vote set aside.
The New York City Board of Elections» executive director testified to the City Council this morning that there is little evidence to support a Democratic election commisioner's caught - on - camera claims of extensive and systematic voter fraud in minority neighborhoods across the five boroughs.
In one paragraph, auditors said the number of damaging incidents was so large that the company was open to claims of a «systematic failure» to stop the risks of fraud.
A judgment was issued in which the judge noted that there was potential for fourteen types of fraud connected with postal voting and that these were utilized in the Birmingham Council elections where there was systematic large - scale rigging of postal votes to which the police had only marginally responded, despite being forewarned by some of the candidates that the election was going to be subject to fraudulent practices.
Attorney Steven Weiss of Seeger Weiss LLP, New York City, stated that the fraud was systematic.