Sentences with phrase «prosecuted fraud»

During her legal career, Ms Atkins prosecuted fraud and organised crime.

Prior to that, she has served as chief of a Manhattan district attorney's office unit that prosecuted fraud in public assistance programs such as welfare, public housing and Medicaid.

All that's needed under law is the governor's signature, which is how the attorney general has for years been authorized to prosecute fraud in auto insurance and Medicaid.

Records that are needed longer, such as to resolve claims and audit exceptions and to prosecute fraud, will be retained until such matters are resolved.

On economics, there have to be ways to prosecute fraud.

«In part, we do that by aggressively investigating and prosecuting fraud.

The details are very important when it comes to prosecuting fraud; there are very many different state and federal fraud offences.

However, the provision that differentiates this type of fraud from others is mired in historic oppression of women and religious minorities, and is not necessary to prosecute fraud.

«But it wouldn't result in a payout to a whistleblower, even if the whistleblower's information was key to detecting and prosecuting the fraud.»

In balancing the need to prosecute fraud properly and vigorously, the SFO also has to consider the importance of LPP and the longstanding principle that it is the client's right.

We may also do so to prevent or prosecute fraud, or to detect criminal activity.

Accepting cash and also making an insurance claim is fraud, and — setting aside the obvious ethical objections — insurance companies are notoriously good at identifying and prosecuting fraud.

«Any proposed federal regulation of virtual currency platforms should be carefully tailored to the risks posed by relevant trading activity and enhancing efforts to prosecute fraud and manipulation.»

Not exact matches

The agency's criminal investigation unit has focused on finding and prosecuting the thieves who commit return fraud.

While nobody has measured the prevalence of fraud, Lloyd Chapman, who heads the American Small Business League, notes that firms are unlikely to be deterred by the government's record of enforcement — not one firm has been prosecuted for falsely representing itself as small.

To Alan McGonigal, an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the district's civil division, the rampant abuse of prescription drugs required a more holistic strategy, one that he had often used in prosecuting health care fraud: Find the gatekeepers.

But even then, a charge of unlicensed dealing falls far short of fraud, carries light penalties and may not be worth prosecuting.

«That one phone call took down this massive fraud network,» said Conor Mulroe, a Department of Justice trial attorney, who prosecuted the case.

But bank fraud is also a state crime, meaning that Cohen could be prosecuted on that charge by a New York district attorney, though it's not currently clear what the theory behind the bank fraud allegations is.

For a relatively low cost an integrated team could investigate and prosecute tax fraud, money laundering, and make recommendations on strengthening our tools for detecting and prosecuting bad apples in the B.C. real estate sector.

He believed that in principle, the massive bank fraud, junk - mortgage lending and corporate raiding that led up to the 2008 crisis was more efficient than regulating such activities or prosecuting fraudsters.

Two interesting things happened this week in Jamie Dimon's world: two gutsy attorneys, Helen Davis Chaitman and Lance Gotthoffer, published a book comparing JPMorgan Chase to the Gambino crime family, explaining how the bank could and should be prosecuted under RICO statutes for serial frauds against the investing public.

Two lead prosecutors handling the case — Thomas McKay and Nicolas Roos — are part of the public corruption unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan and prosecute public officials and people engaged in conspiracy or fraud against the government.

Multiple AG's have investigated, prosecuted and / or fined them for operating an illegal pyramid fraud.

The Union Election Commission, responding to claims of fiddled voter lists and wax covering the NLD box on the ballot papers, has vowed to investigate and prosecute electoral fraud.

The cases Abbott prosecuted represent a small fraction of the total vote in the elections in which the fraud happened.

First came the news that an attorney for Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. had arranged a fund - raiser for Vance after he refused to prosecute them for fraud.

My administration will continue to aggressively fight waste, fraud, and abuse wherever they may occur in County government in order to protect taxpayers and send a message to would - be abusers, putting them on notice that they will be found and they will be prosecuted.

But instead of prosecuting those involved and starting an investigation into other schools which might be suspected of wrong doing, the Home Office proceeded on the assumption that everyone nationwide who had done the government - recommended TOEIC test had committed fraud.

In the lead judgment, Justice Agimnullified the July 25, 2013 verdict of Justice Abdukadir Abdu - Kafarati of the Federal High Court in Abuja, who had made an order of perpetual injunction restraining the EFCC, the Inspector - General of Police and the AGF, from prosecuting Ubah with respect to the subsidy fraud allegations.

In the application, Dasuki is praying for an order of court prohibiting the Federal Government from further prosecuting him on the N19 billion alleged fraud or any other charge or seeking any form of indulgence before any court in the country, until the order admitting him to bail is obeyed.

John spent sixteen years traveling across Upstate New York in his role as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, prosecuting corrupt politicians, business frauds, drug traffickers, and gang members and making our community safer for every Central New York family regardless of race, creed, culture, or address.

To conduct special investigations and prosecute cases of public corruption, white - collar crime, tax fraud and arson.

To investigate and prosecute welfare fraud, food stamp fraud and criminal non-support cases To initiate, investigate and prosecute narcotics cases.

In exchange, the feds agreed not to prosecute Castro on perjury charges from 2009 stemming from statements he made under oath in an election fraud case.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is prosecuting Dudafa and a banker, Joseph Iwuejo, on 23 counts of alleged N5.1 bn fraud.

We handle the cases as we're supposed to,» said Foulston (a Democrat), who also questions why Kobach needs the authority to prosecute voter fraud included in the legislation.

Fayose said: «In saner climes, you don't arrest people for alleged fraud and start to look for evidence to prosecute them.

Dasuki is being prosecuted with respect to the 22 counts of N13bn fraud charges alongside former Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu, a former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda; a former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, the ex-governor's son, Sagir Attahiru, and a firm, Dalhatu Investment.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. struck an awkward pose Friday as he was photographed with an imam his office once prosecuted for tax fraud.

Kim seemed to allude to the Supreme Court's Skilling v. United States decision, which reduced the scope of statutes barring «honest services fraud,» which were used to prosecute public officials for corruption.

Perry had most recently prosecuted a successful $ 1 billion disability - fraud case involving Long Island Rail Road workers, and she'd risen to become deputy chief of the criminal division.

These storage devices often contain the critical evidence that law enforcement needs to investigate and prosecute a wide variety of crimes, ranging from financial fraud to child pornography to counter-terrorism cases.

In an exclusive interview with The Post, Greenberg said that all three attorney generals who've prosecuted the 10 - year accounting - fraud case against him — Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo and now Eric Schneiderman — have either used or are currently using their office as a springboard for the governorship.

Asked about the timing of the SEC action during an interview Monday on CNBC, Spitzer, who prosecuted securities fraud as the state's attorney general, said that «there's no question the SEC is desperate to prove that it can enforce the law, desperate to bring in the great white whale.»

A candidate for Brooklyn civil court judge, John O'Hara, is filing a federal malicious prosecution lawsuit against ex-DA Charles Hynes, who he says used staffers and politicians to wrongfully prosecute him for voter fraud.

Mr Fani - Kayode, who was also the Director of Media and Publicity of the campaign team for former President Goodluck Jonathan during the 2015 election, is being prosecuted by the Federal Government over allegation of 26 million Naira fraud allegedly perpetuated during the campaign.

The on going trial of a former Head of Service, HoS, Stephen Oronsaye, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for a N2 billion fraud to November 25, 2015 has been adjourned by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

The District Attorney's Office has become known for leniency towards criminals, failing to prosecute welfare fraud and repeat offenders.

He is a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Attorney, where he worked from 2002 to 2009 prosecuting corporate fraud cases.