The European Union shares his suspicions and from January next year companies caught posting bogus reviews will face prosecution.
The prosecution claims bogus paperwork provided by Kallakis purported to show companies he controlled had agreements that guaranteed rental incomes on properties even if no tenants could be found.
Grimes said that she was repeatedly threatened with criminal prosecution on bogus charges of denying that she had made secret tape recordings, and then was placed on administrative leave.
Dozens of people who say they were wrongly arrested at an antiwar protest last spring filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Manhattan late Wednesday against New York City and the Police Department, seeking redress for bogus arrests, false imprisonment, assault, and malicious prosecution, among other things.
The prosecution contended that executives set up a bogus sale of an interest in a failing joint venture with Blockbuster to provide video-on-demand.
Many a trial, longtime observers say, follows a formula where the prosecution fabricates a case, the defense issues a bogus rebuttal, and the judge rules for the side offering the bigger bribe.
Mr. Acosta, the defense lawyer, said that the bogus raid on television set the tone for Ms. Cassez's prosecution.
The prosecution introduced audio tapes of some defendants chuckling about using bogus government checks to cheat creditors.
C1 Enron Criminal Trial Opens The first criminal trial involving an Enron financial transaction opened in federal court, with the prosecution arguing that defendants helped the company illegally increase its income through a bogus asset sale.
Yarrington's Houston-based attorney, Joel Androphy, said in a news conference this week in Mexico City that the allegations against Yarrington were bogus and based on "false witnesses and testimony" by people attempting to make deals with the prosecution.
