Sentence examples for conducting a fraud from inspiring English sources

Irving H. Picard, the trustee representing Madoff's victims, is charging in the lawsuit that the Mets owners, as longtime Madoff investors, knew or should have known that Madoff was conducting a fraud.

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A six-page note threatening suicide written by the chief financial officer of the Bayou Group, a hedge fund company accused by prosecutors of conducting a $300 million fraud, appears to answer in sometimes gripping detail the questions that have consumed Bayou's investors since it imploded a month ago.

A1 Bayou's Secrets Revealed A note threatening suicide written by the chief financial officer of the Bayou Group, a hedge fund firm accused by prosecutors of conducting a $300 million fraud, answers in sometimes gripping detail the questions that have consumed Bayou's investors since it imploded a month ago.

In his complaint, Mr. Picard asserted that Mr. Picower, as a supremely sophisticated investor, should have recognized all the red flags that indicated Mr. Madoff was conducting an enormous fraud.

[A1.] 4 Executives Are Convicted of Fraud Four former executives of Tollman-Hundley Hotels were convicted of conducting a $100 million bank fraud in the mid-1990's.

Four former executives of a large hotel chain were convicted Wednesday of conducting a $100 million bank fraud during the mid-1990's that victimized a dozen financial institutions.

Mr. Karzai won 54.6percentt of the vote, according to the preliminary tally, but Afghan national elections officials are now conducting a recount and fraud review under the oversight of a United Nations-backed agency that could reduce his vote total.

In what it is calling Operation Phish Phry, the F.B.I. began arresting 53 people on Wednesday on charges of conducting a vast financial fraud based on phishing — the act of tricking Internet users into revealing their passwords and other information.

"These are people who wouldn't know how to conduct a securities fraud if you put a gun to their heads," he said.

She also advised the F.H.F.A. to conduct a thorough fraud audit on the portfolios held by Fannie and Freddie to identify any improprieties that may have been involved in the loans the companies purchased.