alleged
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The officer has been served notice advising they are being investigated for alleged gross misconduct.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Nathan Young, known to his clients as Pablo, was featured in a Wall Street Journal investigation last year into alleged widespread fraud in America’s booming rehab industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The San Diego County district attorney’s office began investigating the alleged fraud while the Sheriff’s Department began looking into the case as a potential homicide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
They alleged that weeks later, after being held without access to lawyers in a detention centre, he was handed over to FBI agents at an airport in Misrata and flown to the United States.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The Court ruled in 2002 that, under federal law, public housing tenants can be evicted regardless of whether they had knowledge of or participated in alleged criminal activity.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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