fraud
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Erin O’Neil, an attorney based in Connecticut, said some of her clients are now in deportation proceedings triggered by allegations of fraud over minor inconsistencies that have no bearing on the case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
He added: "We will see if there has been fraud or if some documents have been manipulated."
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Immigration lawyers say their clients are facing more intense scrutiny and that some have battled false accusations of fraud after applying for a green card or citizenship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
That’s nice to hear, but why has the fraud persisted for so long?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
But as he spoke a Wall Street investment bank was failing, for a reason other than fraud.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Now they crowdsource questions about when the beds will come and how they will work and argue over which medbed whistleblowers are real and which are frauds.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Banks have been grappling with a surge in scams and frauds driven by sophisticated criminal operations located in parts of Southeast Asia and Africa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
A congressional review in 1952 found that hundreds had been frauds.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
Acts of Man are human-made but not policy-driven, including frauds such as Edwin Ludlow’s misappropriation of funds from the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. in 1857, or the savings-and-loan failures in the mid-1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The professionals made no secret of their disdain for the amateurs, whom they regarded as annoyances, cranks, or frauds.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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