The police's recent involvement in the case followed intense pressure for action – including from the head of the Law Society, Desmond Hudson, who said Wonga's "dishonest activity" could amount to blackmail and deception.
Clearly the filmmakers feel that Stevens was being heroic to overcome personal pride and to muffle his true convictions to the occasion, but they want you to know that if you can't stomach such dishonest tactics you too have a representative in the film.
Mote was found guilty of benefit fraud and sentenced to nine months in prison in 2007, with the judge describing him as "a truly dishonest man".
"At the outset, I want to make it clear I have done nothing wrong or dishonest.
In a bid to maximise Labour discomfort, the Conservatives released a dossier highlighting "the dishonest claims" made by Labour ministers that they had been neutral about his release.
She accused Mr Farage of being "dishonest" for "using arguments against the FN of which he himself has been a victim".
He was revealed to have pressed for changes in government policy, ranging from improved equipment for British troops in Iraq to the implementation of a badger cull (whose opponents he criticised as being intellectually dishonest).
"It is unconscionable that some companies, often supported by dishonest officials, are using unethical tax avoidance, transfer pricing and anonymous company ownership to maximize their profits, while millions of Africans go without adequate nutrition, health and education".
The latter was the community's revenge for the former – what it saw as dishonest policing and a biased judiciary.
During the last campaign he was the victim of a "ruthless and dishonest" campaign by Rahman to brand him a racist, according to Mawrey.
Cabinet divisions over immigration policy spilled into the open on Thursday when Vince Cable, the business secretary, claimed that the government target of reducing net migration was dishonest and could cause "enormous damage" to the economy.
