fraud
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Government has a legitimate role in protecting rights, enforcing contracts, punishing fraud and preserving the conditions of ordered liberty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The emphatic pushback from Gomez may reflect a concern for her reputation but it also leaves her mother in the hot-seat, facing the fraud allegations alongside the company itself and a third co-founder.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
In June, the Supreme Court did not rule on whether mortgage fraud met the “for cause” standard or specify the next steps in the case.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
They require individual liberty, property rights, honest dealing, enforceable contracts and equal rules against force and fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“The salient point about the modern vintage of housing-related fraud is its integral place within our nation’s institutions,” he added.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
At the core of her allegations is a distinction that banks make between frauds and scams, which dictates how customer claims are handled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
A congressional review in 1952 found that hundreds had been frauds.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
The idea is to get people meeting in person as quickly as possible because online dating has become a minefield littered with deception and frauds.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
In the following months, Webb argued in incisive reports that both firms were likely frauds.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Harsnett had been much influenced by Reginald Scot, and had set out to prove that cases of supposed demonic possession were in fact deliberate frauds.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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A Web of Lies
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