The phrase "a pattern of fraud" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing repeated or systematic fraudulent activities or behaviors.
Example: "The investigation revealed a pattern of fraud that had been ongoing for several years, affecting numerous victims."
Alternatives: "a scheme of deception" or "a trend of dishonesty."
Filed in April 1999 on behalf of nearly six million Aetna customers, the lawsuit contended that the abuses were so widespread they constituted a pattern of fraud.
That includes a $37 million fine to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission case accusing the company of a pattern of fraud from 1998 to early 2003.
"These latest allegations, if they are true, suggest a pattern of fraud that continues to this very day," Ms. Collins said.
B1 Ex-Doctor Charged in Deaths Federal investigators have charged a former doctor, Michael Swango, with the 1993 killings of three patients who were under his care at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Northport, N.Y., and with a pattern of fraud dating back to 1984.
William S. Ohlemeyer, vice president and associate general counsel for Altria, said the judge, Gladys Kessler, could decide for the government only if it could show that a pattern of fraud in the past was evidence of fraud in the present and future.
But today federal investigators here said that they had amassed enough evidence to charge Mr. Swango with the 1993 murders of three patients who were under his care at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Northport, N.Y., and with a pattern of fraud dating back to 1984 when, court papers charge, he killed a patient in Columbus, Ohio.
Federal investigators say they have uncovered a pattern of frauds against the Department of Housing and Urban Development involving falsified documents used to obtain tens of millions of dollars in Government-backed mortgages.
Native Americans, noting that state officials have not confirmed any pattern of fraud, see it as an attempt at voter suppression.
Orange-based Ameriquest, the nation's largest lender to homeowners with nicked credit and financial problems, denies any pattern of fraud and contends that the three Tampa suits have no merit and should be dismissed.
Mr. Trump has a pattern of claiming fraud when an election does not go his way.
