"deception and fraud" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used in any sentence where you want to refer to dishonest or deceitful behavior. Example: The company's CEO was accused of deception and fraud in order to inflate the company's profits.
"There was significant deception and fraud that should be prosecuted," he said.
The company's share price plummeted and class-action suits were filed, contending deception and fraud.
But many also succumb to fine print, slick salesmanship, deception and fraud, she said.
Some of the most harmful distortions in the financial system, according to Admati, come from deception and fraud.
"Our immigrant community here in Queens can be especially vulnerable to deception and fraud," the district attorney, Richard A. Brown, said in a statement.
A good economist's first instinct would be to determine whether there are incentives built into the financial system that encourage deception and fraud.
Grzymala-Busse noted that the Hungarian Socialist Party won 43percentt of the vote and 49percentt of the seats in 2006, only to succumb to allegations of deception, mismanagement and fraud soon afterward.
The Justice Department last year shut down one of the worst for-profit colleges, ATI, and both Justice, which also is pursuing a case against EDMC, and the Federal Trade Commission are now paying closer attention to deceptions and frauds in this industry.
A second problem is that financial innovation sometimes encourages secret dealings, deception and even fraud...
In the wake of the Theranos scandal, some commentators have asked whether entrepreneurial companies are particularly inclined to deception and downright fraud.
The corporate/nonprofit hybrids of the "fourth sector" ("Make Money, Save the World," May 6) are a sure-fire formula for confusion, conflict of interest, deception and outright fraud.
