Sentence examples for upheld the fraud from inspiring English sources

Yesterday, an appeals court upheld the fraud conviction of the former media baron Conrad Black.

— Ligaya Mishan Yesterday, an appeals court upheld the fraud conviction of the former media baron Conrad Black.

By Ligaya Mishan August 12, 2008 Yesterday, an appeals court upheld the fraud conviction of the former media baron Conrad Black.

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.

A federal appeals court upheld the racketeering and fraud conviction of former Gov. George Ryan, but he will be allowed to remain free on bail while his lawyers make a new appeal.

It is more turbulent than ever after the supreme court upheld the conviction for tax fraud of Silvio Berlusconi, formerly prime minister.

The judge at today's hearing upheld the Italian charges of criminal association, fraud and corruption.

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..

Two months later, ruling in a different fraud case, the Supreme Court upheld the concept of "scheme liability" -- a decision that gave clever lawyers a way around the court's earlier protection of third parties from liability claims.

And in 2008, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington upheld the agreements in the absence of patent fraud.

A federal appeals court upheld the law, finding that it would prevent fraud while not keeping many people from the polls.