Sentence examples similar to amounting to fraud from inspiring English sources

So bad in fact, that it amounted to fraud.

By the S.E.C.'s account, Mr. Cuban's trading amounted to fraud.

This amounts to fraud, some claimed, and French authorities launched an investigation.

The question before the court was not whether use of the term "light" amounted to fraud.

Prosecutors will no longer be able to argue that failing to provide "honest services" to a company amounts to fraud.

He has said that witnesses have been bribed and that the case "will in the end amount to fraud".

In its statement, the coalition complained of "scandalous violations that amounted to fraud" in the referendum that approved the Constitution.

Joshua Ronen, professor of accounting at New York University, said such maneuvers were not fully candid, but probably did not amount to fraud.

"The dispute is, Does that amount to fraud?" Sport utility rollovers are a continuing challenge for the auto industry.

Judith A. Witterschein, general counsel for the New York-based investment firm, said financial figures used in merger talks amounted to fraud.

Clearly, lenders cannot be allowed to engage in practices that amount to fraud or that prey on Americans least equipped to defend themselves.