fraudulent
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Imagine if your credit-card company declined every 10th transaction, reviewed and approved them only if you called, and then determined that more than half of the charges were not fraudulent at all.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
More than two dozen Iraqi banks, many with close ties to the militias, were banned in 2023 and 2024 by the Treasury for siphoning off dollars from Iraq’s Fed accounts, using fraudulent wire transfers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Nicchitta made a pitch for legislative change, noting the county was looking to Sacramento to “eliminate loopholes allowing abusive practices by attorneys that inject weak and potentially fraudulent claims into settlement pools.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
According to trade association UK Finance, fraudulent spending on UK-issued debit and credit cards is on the rise.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
If there’s no match, Estimo can press his claim that the samples purportedly taken from Fischer’s body are fraudulent.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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