Sentence examples for illegal scheme from inspiring English sources

The banks have vigorously denied that they actively took part in an illegal scheme.

He reportedly reaped more than $4 million from the illegal scheme.

"It would represent only some undesignated portion of KeySpan's profits from the illegal scheme," the association said.

The hearing also included an extraordinary moment involving Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg, a former army chief who is said to have blessed the illegal scheme.

Mr. Li's wife, Chun Yan Li, was also indicted on charges of participating in the illegal scheme; she remains at large, presumably in China, officials said.

Both are charged with conspiring in an illegal scheme to funnel money to Mr. Liu's campaign through so-called straw donors; they have each pleaded not guilty.

One prosecutor told the jury that Mr. Liu had to have known about the illegal scheme — an assertion Mr. Liu's lawyer later denied.

But the owners of the 562 properties that prosecutors claim benefited from the illegal scheme say they were unaware of any wrongdoing.

They said simply that Deutsche Bank had fallen victim to an illegal scheme, and levied a token punishment — about five thousand dollars.

What mattered, according to Justice Elena Kagan's opinion, was that "the defendant has chosen, with full knowledge, to participate in the illegal scheme".

The owner is hoping to trigger an avalanche of similar lawsuits by owners who were not part of the illegal scheme.