Sentence examples for making a hoax from inspiring English sources

Indeed, it was suggested he was carrying a bomb and police have reportedly told him he might be charged with making a hoax explosive device.

A 47-year-old man was arrested on board a passenger plane on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat that forced military jets to escort a Qatar Airways Airbus A330 into Manchester airport.

A man who was angry about a photo of his girlfriend on Facebook took revenge against the former boyfriend who posted it, making a hoax call to the police that set off a terrorism scare and ended with the ex-boyfriend being taken off an airliner at gunpoint, the authorities say.

The San Diego County district attorney declined Wednesday to press felony charges against a 28-year-old man arrested on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat that led to the shutdown of a freeway on Thanksgiving.

The two Australian radio presenters who made a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated will not be prosecuted.

The pressure group Fathers4Justice has condemned a cyber-attack on Mumsnet, which led to armed police being called to the home of the parenting site's co-founder after a hacking group made a hoax call.

Armed police officers were sent to the home of the founder of Mumsnet after a hacker made a hoax call as part of a wider attack on the parenting forum and its 7.7 million users.

The resolution comes two-and-a-half years after 2DayFM presenters Michael Christian and Mel Greig imitated the Queen and Prince Charles and made a hoax call to the London hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated for morning sickness.

In 2012 2Day FM presenters Michael Christian and Mel Greig imitated the Queen and Prince Charles and made a hoax call to the London hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated for morning sickness.

In 2008, as tensions mounted between Pakistan and India over an attack on the Indian city of Mumbai by another militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Mr. Sheikh managed to make a hoax call to President Asif Ali Zardari and the army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, in which he pretended to be the Indian foreign minister and threatened Pakistan with an Indian attack.

She stayed in hospital for several days before being discharged, but her stay was marred by the suicide of nurse Jacintha Saldanha after two Australian DJs made a hoax call to the hospital.