Sentence examples for phony testimony from inspiring English sources
But Peltier was in Canada, and by the time his extradition was secured, with the aid of phony testimony from a confused, frightened woman called Myrtle Poor Bear - who had never met Peltier, let alone been the girlfriend she claimed to be in her affidavits - he was the FBI's last hope of a conviction.
For five years, he sat in jail serving a 30-year sentence on charges that he was a Maoist terrorist -- a phony case cobbled together with a forged confession and the false testimony of a neighbor.
Babson called the mortgage giants' concerns that testimony at the event would compromise ongoing legal cases a "phony argument," noting that officials were invited to listen, not to speak, and knew of the event's format ahead of time.
This testimony was designed to support the idea that Bacanovic presented a phony document to support his claim that he and Stewart had agreed to sell her ImClone shares if the price fell below $60, and not, as the government contends, when she received an improper tip from the Merrill Lynch broker.
That day, Mr. Brown provided damaging testimony against all the Rigases, describing a variety of accounting gimmicks, sham transactions and phony financial reports that helped Adelphia mask the eroding financial performance that led to its filing for bankruptcy protection in June 2002.
Greig, who bought Bulger's heart medications under a phony name and stocked their hideout with cases of his favorite soap, was offered immunity for her testimony but still refused.
The fraud trial at which he was recently convicted featured testimony about numerous local socialites, also about an attempt to impress deep-pocket prospects with a phony sheik, complete with phony traveling harem (including a local call girl), who was said to be a major client of Hasson's.
