Inevitably, it will have left the public with a misleading impression of the seriousness of the charges.
That, in turn, led to charges that the bank gave a misleading impression of how long rates would remain low.
Among those revisions was eliminating a metric that subtracted Groupon's online marketing expenses from its operating performance, which critics said gave a misleading impression of profitability.
Given the frequency of below-market assessments, nominal tax rates give a misleading impression of the tax burden shouldered by property owners.
Barclays gave "the confusing and potentially misleading impression" of its capital strength when regulators carried out stress tests of big European banks.
Without condoning the organised hunts that are flouting the ban – and they undoubtedly exist – the league is arguably giving a misleading impression of where the real problem lies.
Yet this gives a somewhat misleading impression of Samuel Tisherman's new trauma technique, which uses an innovative rapid-cooling procedure to suspend life.
To start with, these volunteers were asked to engage in a series of bogus activities, in order to create a misleading impression of the purpose of the research.
Vivendi chooses to highlight a number that gives a misleading impression of its profits, thus grossly flattering a key financial ratio that underpins its credit rating.
At the same time, despite evidence to the contrary, the directors made recklessly optimistic statements which gave a grossly misleading impression of the underlying strength of the bank".
Although the 1991 gulf war was a real military victory, exaggeration and television portrayals left a misleading impression of the effectiveness of high-tech weapons.
