Sentences with phrase «used false pretenses»

It therefore found that Simonoff and his broker had not used false pretenses when obtaining the credit reports.

However, Ergo has been open about the fact that it had research analysts who used false pretenses to initiate conversations with third parties, but says that there is nothing wrong with that.

Not exact matches

They wouldn't want the sheep to stray, so they use fear tactics like this to keep you in line and believing under false pretenses.

Gazidis is a hack... he will never get another substantive job in this sport unless Kroenke is the owner... enough of dealing with the amateurs, anybody who believes that this man has any real say in the day - to - day operations of Arsene Inc. hasn't followed this club very closely... in fact I used to empathize with him; who would come out and make some of the statements he has, especially regarding our financial capabilities, unless he was instructed to do so under false pretenses... let's face it, if that wasn't the case, he would have been thrown to the wolves long ago... on the other hand, if he did know and public deception was well within his job description, he's truly a piece of shit

He had opposed British involvement in the war at its outbreak in 1914, a highly principled position to take in the face of its huge popularity among members of his own party, resigned his position as the leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party in consequence and then had his illegitimate birth raised by the newspapers in an attempt to get him to resign his seat as an MP (they argued that as he'd used a different name during his life from that on his birth certificate he'd stood for election on false pretenses and deceived his constituents).

I used to say Id rather scare someone off with the truth than lead them in under false pretenses, but theres a difference between being honest and oversharing.

Turns out other sites are also using his photo under seemingly false pretenses.

False Pretenses (fraudulently misrepresenting yourself using written instruments to deceive another person into giving you their property).

The penalties include: (1) A fine of not more than $ 50,000 and / or imprisonment of not more than 1 year; (2) if the offense is «under false pretenses,» a fine of not more than $ 100,000 and / or imprisonment of not more than 5 years; and (3) if the offense is with intent to sell, transfer, or use individually identifiable health information for commercial advantage, personal gain, or malicious harm, a fine of not more than $ 250,000 and / or imprisonment of not more than 10 years.

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry define insurance fraud as, «The act of making a statement known to be false and used to induce another party to issue a contract or pay a claim.This act must be wilful and deliberate, involve financial gain, done under false pretenses and is illegal.»

The whistleblower who publicly revealed how Trump - affiliated data firm Cambridge Analytica used information mined from Facebook under false pretenses during the 2016 election cycle will give an interview to Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee as part of their investigation of Russian interference in the election, including possible ties to Donald Trump's campaign.

So, whereas the Trump campaign used data harvested by Cambridge Analytica under false pretenses, the Obama campaign created its own data - mining app with Facebook's full knowledge.

One case I had involved stolen social security numbers and I spent 20 - some hours running them through different queries and databases, trying to find possible hits on them, then if I did, trying to determine if they were used under false pretenses or if they were legitimately used by the real owner.

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