Sentence examples for committing a fraud from inspiring English sources

"The defendant knew he was committing a fraud," Mr. Martens said.

Section 39 (Comp. St § 10203) punishes bribing a United States officer of the civil, military, or naval service to violate his duty or to aid in committing a fraud on the United States.

In February, the Securities and Exchange Commission shut down Mr. Stanford's financial operations, while filing a civil suit accusing him and two other senior executives of committing a fraud it characterized as a "massive Ponzi scheme".

To establish that they were not willfully blind, the Mets' owners will have to show that they saw no evidence that Madoff might have been committing a fraud — as they have argued in their court papers — did not purposely ignore it, or failed to appreciate it if they did see it.

One of them, Mr. Mulgrew, said: "I find it bizarre that three British citizens accused of committing a fraud against a British bank, where the alleged activities took place in London, have to go to Texas to discuss and find out whether or not we did it.

Another of the three, Mr. Mulgrew, said: "I find it bizarre that three British citizens accused of committing a fraud against a British bank, where the alleged activities took place in London, have to go to Texas to discuss and find out whether or not we did it.

They committed a fraud on the Russinis and the child as well.

"The notion that Mr. Falcone committed a fraud in connection with the loan from a Harbinger fund is unsupportable".

Still, its supporters last week said the company had scored points by not admitting to having committed a fraud.

That is because all such prosecutions must establish that the defendant had the intent to commit a fraud.

The Angleton, Tex., jury decided by an 11-to-1 vote that Dow had not committed a fraud, Dow said.