"We are alleging that there is a written undisclosed agreement between Joe Smith and the Timberwolves," Joel Litvin, the N.B.A. executive vice president for legal and business affairs, said.
"We are alleging a massive fraud — both in terms of scope and duration," said Linda Chatman Thomsen, director of the enforcement division at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"We are alleging the village has enacted a pay-to-play scenario, whereby developers pay large sums of money to purchase zoning variances," he said.
"We are alleging that the dancers were never paid minimum wage, never paid overtime, and there were illegal deductions and kickbacks in the form of entry fees, late fees and sick fees," said Elizabeth Wagoner, another lawyer for Make the Road.
"We're alleging that AmeriDebt misled consumers about who it is, what services it provides, and what it charges," Howard Beales, director of the F.T.C.'s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said at a news conference.
A Canadian prosecutor Gregg Lepp, said by phone from Edmonton, Alberta, "We're alleging Dan Gordon defrauded Merrill Lynch of $43 million" and laundered the money with help from a Canadian offshore-banking consultant.
We expect they will accept the claim, investigate and make findings consistent with what we're alleging.
We are alleging that Mr. Williams was not only aware of what precautions to take but made a series of conscious decisions not to take them".
"We are alleging that Mr. Girkin, as supreme commander of special units, conspired to order the shootdown of Malaysia 17," Floyd Wisner, who specializes in aviation litigation, said Thursday in a telephone interview.
"We're alleging that this was a sophisticated and systematic effort on the part of Daymar to deny students access to their financial aid funds so that they could receive the benefit of marking up the books," Conway said.
