The phrase "a fraudulent act" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that is intended to deceive or cheat someone, often for personal gain.
Example: "The company was sued for engaging in a fraudulent act that misled investors about its financial health."
Alternatives: "a deceitful action" or "an illicit act".
To win its case, the S.E.C. must show by a preponderance of the evidence that Mr. Tourre "committed a fraudulent act that was material".
Mr Tyler may also be a little too fond of glib judgments: Mr Clinton's peacemaking failed because he lacked the necessary "unwavering principle, and political discipline"; the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was "a fraudulent act of militarism"; and so forth.
In "Close-Up" (1990), Kiarostami, in semi-documentary mode, re-creates the true story of an unemployed dreamer — an ardent cinephile — who passes himself off as the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, a fraudulent act that becomes both an homage and a fresh work of art.
An anonymous trader committing a fraudulent act that affects the whole British Economy and attracts the attention of regulators around the world and a fine that could bankrupt a small country = Little or no action, no naming and shaming, no criminal prosecution.
Phishing is a fraudulent act to acquire sensitive information from unsuspecting users by masking as a trustworthy entity in an electronic commerce.
The marble-torsoed Mr. Auger, who might have stepped from a Calvin Klein underwear campaign, recreates the muscle-flexing Joseph Pilates before he became a brand name, then sends up his own strong-man image in a witty take on a fraudulent sideshow act with Raphaelle Boitel.
We psyched each other up for it, each trying to persuade the other to commit the fraudulent act.
Mr. Hoekman's lawyer, Michael Finnegan, said he would argue that the case was within the statute because the church had never acknowledged its allegedly fraudulent act of concealing this priest's record of abuse (even though Father Farrell, who died in 1999, was listed by the archdiocese as a clergy offender).
Before the arrival of current football coach Hugh Freeze, the university said former staff member David Saunders allegedly arranged for fraudulent ACT scores for three prospects and that Saunders and ex-assistant committed unethical conduct during the investigation and after they left the school.
The story of his fraudulent act - and dysfunctional marriage - are at the heart of Big Eyes, as Talking Movies' Tom Brook discovered when he went to meet Tim Burton.
Fully committing to the fraudulent act, Chokal-Ingam shaved his head, trimmed his eyelashes and applied to schools under the guise of a black man named "Jojo".
