Sentence examples for means of fraud from inspiring English sources

As to Doveman's question about criminal offences relating to the obtaining of sensitive information, there are several points to note: The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act makes it a criminal offence to obtain details of a spent conviction from any official record by means of fraud, dishonesty or a bribe.

Identity theft occurs when someone acquires personal data and information by means of fraud or deception, usually for financial gain.

A person commits inducing consumption of a controlled substance by, "surreptitiously or by means of fraud, misrepresentation, suppression of truth, deception, or subterfuge, to cause any other person to unknowingly consume or receive the direct administration of any controlled substance".

Several employees would have been charged with aggravated human trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation for subjecting women in the brothel to exploitation by means of fraud and psychological coercion.

The result, the audit says, is "not an effective means of deterring fraud and abuse".

By means of computer fraud employees have raised their salaries and students have raised their grades.

Credible outfits may boycott the worst-run elections, but such aloofness avails little if less reputable groups attend in their place.Researchers disinclined or unable to loiter in polling stations are increasingly drawn to statistical means of detecting fraud.

Breslow claims that the billing address requirement – a generally accepted means of reducing fraud – is actually fairly useless at doing so.