fraud
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Citizenship and Immigration Services for an extension and submit to biometric vetting, background checks and fraud screening — shifting the decision on extra time from campus officials to the federal government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Another 40,000 or so said the proposal “prevents investors like me from accessing information about companies; lets companies hide behind closed doors; and allows fraud to fester.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Defenders of signature matching say that computer analysis has become increasingly accurate and provides a practical and necessary check against fraud.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
These offices run parallel to the agency’s substantive work, addressing broad management issues and conducting investigations of fraud both in and around the agency.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
He’d skipped town, they’d say, because he was a fraud, a quack whom we never should’ve trusted.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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In the following months, Webb argued in incisive reports that both firms were likely frauds.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
The quality of such tiny companies is iffy and frauds are more common, so the services of a seasoned stock picker might be especially useful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Since many frauds go unreported, the FTC said the losses are likely much greater.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
Little said that many "basic frauds" are still effective, but fraudsters will "use systems to increase the surface area of their attack".
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
Harsnett had been much influenced by Reginald Scot, and had set out to prove that cases of supposed demonic possession were in fact deliberate frauds.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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