Sentence examples for phony business from inspiring English sources

"From my experience, a lot of trunk show business is phony business," he continued.

Rino has been accused of creating phony business contracts and wildly inflating its sales, among other things.

After serving prison time, Mr. Minkow became a pastor in San Diego and an F.B.I. informant who helped ferret out phony business deals through the Fraud Discovery Institute he founded.

Scams such as those that involve false loan promises, advance-fee fraud, and phony business employment opportunities serve as easy opportunities for dishonest organizations not only to make a "fast buck" but also to obtain credit-card and other personal information that can be used to commit identity-fraud offenses.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Ulfig sentenced Dykstra after refusing to allow him to withdraw his plea and said a scam to lease high-end automobiles from dealerships by providing fraudulent information and claiming credit through a phony business showed sophistication and extensive planning.

Mr. Ferguson said through his lawyer, Joseph Y . Ahmadof Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos in Houston, that he estimated annual revenue from the project at probably $40 million and that the Shell employee received part of the monthly revenue, which would allow Baker Hughes to write off the kickback as a phony business expense.

Both advisers are accused of using shady tactics, like opening phony businesses in Hong Kong and fake foundations in Liechtenstein to conceal the money from the Internal Revenue Service.

Prosecutors claimed that Mr. Oluwatosin set up phony businesses to get access to records of ChoicePoint, which disclosed last year that thieves had obtained data that compromised the security of more than 100,000 credit card accounts.

A government-wide database would screen contractors, subcontractors, businesses and individuals who obtain federal contracts to see if they have been convicted of federal fraud, operate phony businesses, owe back taxes or otherwise would be ineligible for government payments or benefits.

He invited you to join him as a fellow outsider, together tossing spitballs at phony show business targets.

Ray's solution to their dire financial plight is to rent a vacant store next to a bank and set up a phony storefront business while he and his accomplices -- Denny (Michael Rapaport, Tommy Tony Darrow and Benny Jon Lovitzvitz) -- try to tunnel from the basement into the bank.