Go over the pedigrees and other paperwork your breeder may provide to you, scanning for inconsistencies or
other signs of fraud.
Not exact matches
We find it interesting that as new Organic Trade Association members, we were expected to
sign the OTA Code
of Ethics which, among
other things, obligates us to report organic
fraud if we know about it.
ODA members — who must
sign up and adhere to a code
of practice — commit to «checking profiles, giving advice and guidance to customers, and dealing promptly with reports
of fraud or
other problems», while also offering inservice mail and chat forums, and talking to police about reducing scams.
Another robo -
signing / securitiztaion / foreclosure fiasco update here: As I am sure you are aware, the foreclosure processes
of many major lenders and mortgage servicers are under investigation for alleged
fraud and
other process - related defects (for further background, here is an excellent series
of articles by Mike Konczal that describes what is going on).
Chase Slate reviews every purchase made with the card, watching for
signs of identity theft or
other types
of fraud.
I've won one case where this happened (where there was extensive email correspondence between business lawyers regarding the changes that would be made in each draft and there the version
signed did not correspond to the last version
signed electronically in a very long document on paper and there were
other indicia
of fraud), but by far the more common outcome is to bind the party
signing the document (especially in a commercial context) and to consider failing to carefully read all terms
of the final draft to be negligent on the part
of the party
signing the contract.
Despite section 2
of the Statute
of Frauds Act, section 9
of the Conveyancing and Law
of Property Act or a provision in any
other statute or any rule
of law, an electronic document that creates, transfers or otherwise disposes
of an estate or interest in land is not required to be in writing or to be
signed by the parties and has the same effect for all purposes as a document that is in writing and is
signed by the parties.
21 (1) Despite section 2
of the Statute
of Frauds Act, section 9
of the Conveyancing and Law
of Property Act or any
other Act or rule
of law, an electronic document is not required to be in writing or to be
signed by the parties.
«Unlike
other paperwork that can be
signed electronically, the signatures on settlement papers have to be «wet signatures» that are notarized because
of concern about
fraud,» Krause says.