Sentence examples for was wrongly paid from inspiring English sources

Public money has been wasted and was wrongly paid out to a private company.

The suit asks that both Mr. Langone and Mr. Grasso be forced to repay to the exchange money that it contends Mr. Grasso was wrongly paid.

In federal whistle-blower, or qui tam, suits filed under the False Claims Act, private citizens file fraud complaints on behalf of the federal government, seeking to recover public money that was wrongly paid out.

"Managerial staff are wrongly paid more than clinical staff in many areas – it is easier to climb the pay ladder as a manager than as a health professional," another wrote.

Tougher penalties for fraud, more prosecutions, encouraging those who know fraud is taking place to come forward, and making greater efforts to reclaim money that's wrongly paid," the prime minister wrote.

It estimates that £5.2bn a year is wrongly paid out as a result of fraud and error.

About £16m has been wrongly paid to pensioners on disability living allowance and attendance allowance, the Department of Work and Pensions has said.

When they left France, Kouao owed the authorities £2,000, after being wrongly paid in child benefit, and it is claimed that Kouao viewed Climbié as a useful tool for claiming benefits.

The trouble with false positives in crime detection, however, is that the person who has been wrongly accused pays a disproportionate price, as Xi found out when he was arrested, in May, on charges of conspiring to steal technological secrets for China.

I will obviously be paying back any money that was wrongly claimed immediately and have already contacted IPSA (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) regarding the correct procedure".

Even though the USPTO has since invalidated that patent, stating it was wrongly issued in the first place; Samsung still had to pay up.