Sentence examples for upheld honest from inspiring English sources
Although the law is most often applied to corrupt public officials, several federal courts have upheld honest services fraud convictions of private individuals who breached a fiduciary duty to another, such as their employer.
The court upheld the convictions, affirming the honest services fraud convictions on the basis that the coaches made "material" misrepresentations: A breach of fiduciary duty can constitute illegal fraud...only when there is some detriment to the employer..
On June 24th Jeffrey Skilling, the former chief executive of Enron, and Conrad Black, the former boss of the Hollinger media empire, heard that the court had upheld their appeals against their convictions for failing to provide "honest services" to the shareholders of their firms.
Renzi was convicted on charges that include honest-services fraud and racketeering, and the conviction was upheld by an appeals court Oct. 9.
In 1998, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the wire fraud conviction of Sun-Diamond Growers of California for defrauding its hired public relations firm of the honest services of one of its agents, James H. Lake, in order to curry favor with the United States Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Espy.
"We have to be honest with ourselves and the Afghans and encourage them to conduct proper investigations so that either the accusations are upheld and there are judicial proceedings or they are dispelled".
Ofcom upheld the complaints.
National honor was upheld.
Most overrides are upheld.
