fraudulent

Example Sentences

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During the pandemic, the state paid an estimated $30 billion in fraudulent unemployment claims, including to state prisoners and criminals who used patently false identities like then-Sen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The person I spoke to seemed to know who I was—possibly from caller ID—and appeared to have information about me and the fraudulent charge.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

If the money originally came from a compromised account, the rightful owner will eventually flag the transaction as fraudulent.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

Unofficially, the music industry believes up to 10% of content across all streaming platforms is fraudulent.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

From the social point of view the slow and possibly fraudulent unraveling of a multi-trillion-dollar U.S. bond market was a catastrophe.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis