But if the incidents continue, other provincial officials may be less scrupulous as they come under pressure to make them stop.
Although Wonga insists its credit checks are rigorous, resulting in a default rate of less than 10%, it suggests others in the short-term credit industry, especially the small operations lending from high street shops, could be less scrupulous, making it easy for already struggling borrowers to get into even worse difficulties.
There is, however, more to him: he loves the rhythm-and-blues tunes of his youth but harbors a greater, secret love for B-western soundtracks; he closely watches his meager stock portfolio and scrupulously collects receipts for billing purposes, but is less scrupulous in his personal life; he is not quite the man he'd like to be, yet not quite as fallen as he imagines himself to be.
And some, as we know all too well, are less scrupulous about its meaning than others.
But when it comes to television and commercials, the strikers complain, smaller companies are less scrupulous.
Fortunately for us (depending on your point of view), Madison's successors were less scrupulous about federal infrastructure projects.
Perhaps U.S. news organizations are prudently laying off a story that may not be true while foreign editors are less scrupulous.
Next the couple turned to organic websites, only to discover that some of them are less scrupulous about certification than others.
I'm also aware that at the top of the Labour party, while Corbyn appeals for restraint, those opposing him are less scrupulous.
Loot boxes, however, are a fairly new invention – one that crossed over from free-to-play smartphone games, which have traditionally been less scrupulous about wheedling money out of players (and, perhaps consequently, been more successful at doing so).
And as we've seen of late, airlines struggling to make ends meet are less scrupulous about their maintenance schedules than the regulations require.Of all the gizmos passengers lug aboard these days, air-safety officials fear mobile phones the most.
