Sentences with phrase «scale fraud by»

The investigation conducted into the large scale fraud by the Police and the anti graft agencies was compromised due to pressure from the Jonathan administration.

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These include nuclear warfare triggered off by compter malfunctioning, large - scale financial frauds, technological addiction, and aviation diasters.

He further stressed that given the current scope of food fraud in the global food marketplace, there is an urgent need to clarify definitions and terms that can collectively be used by companies to address food fraud on a global scale.

Some in the European organic community are critical of the Action Plan, claiming that it's a PR strategy designed to make the public think that by introducing new regulations it will address trust issues, when in fact large - scale fraud problems are the reason behind mistrust.

``... It is unremarkable that the arrest of the longtime Speaker of the Assembly on allegations that he committed a large - scale and long - running honest services fraud and extortion scheme generated substantial publicity, and it plainly would have done so regardless of any statements made by the U.S. Attorney.»

While I obviously would not wish on anybody the scale of fraud perpetrated by his management, which was on such a scale that it brought him out to perform a world tour in 2008, the fact that I was able to see him at an atmospheric, open - air concert at Edinburgh castle was a welcome consequence.

The 2011 parliamentary vote was followed by anti-government street protests across Russia, sparked by what was widely perceived to have been large - scale electoral fraud: a rigged election in favour of United Russia.

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.»

This work includes stopping wasteful spending; improving the way government buys goods and services; reducing losses from fraud, error and debt; raising money by selling empty buildings and underused properties; and reviewing and reshaping large scale projects.

What I am trying to point out is how they have done this, by tweaking real world physics, swapping properties and processes etc., because this is a scam, a science fraud on a grand scale, and they have used all kinds of tricks to fool the eye, ear and mind.

Mercuria Energy Trading v. Citibank: instructed by Stephenson Harwood to represent Mercuria in expedited Commercial Court proceedings concerning so - called «obligated repo» transactions involving the sale and repurchase of large quantities of metal supposed to be stored in warehouses in the Chinese ports of Qingdao and Penglai and defending a US$ 270 million counterclaim brought against Mercuria by Citibank following the discovery of an apparent large - scale fraud at the ports.

What is believed to be England's first worldwide freezing injunction over the assets of «Persons Unknown» who are accused of committing large - scale, international financial fraud via the internet, has been obtained by London law firm Cooke, Young & Keidan.

Bushell, a specialist in large - scale international commercial litigation and founder of Herbert Smith's Russian dispute resolution practice, is top ranked for civil fraud work by Chambers and Partners.

He has also been acting for a defendant charged in a large scale charities fraud prosecuted by the Charities Commission in conjunction with the Crown Prosecution Service and various other HMRC investigations into VAT fraud.

He specialises in financial services advice, and has experience handling large - scale fraud cases, investigations by regulatory bodies, and professional negligence.

The type of fraud evidenced in this case, and the scale of the wrongdoing, should have been prevented by internal safeguards implemented by HBOS, or at the very least spotted earlier.

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.

Selected Accomplishments & Results ✓ Prevented a large scale fraud from transpiring by recognizing signs of nefarious activities within the accounts department and taking immediate action ✓ Strategized business improvement plans, resulting in increased revenues through sales

Was a member of an investigative team recognized by the United States Secret Service and the U.S. Attorney's Office for work done on a large scale fraud case.