fraudulent
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The documents describe an elaborate hoax in which the defendants allegedly created fake companies and fraudulent email accounts and driver’s licenses to help fool lenders into loaning them huge sums of money.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Later that year, Chinese regulators fined Hengda the equivalent of about $580 million for allegedly issuing fraudulent financial statements—which inflated revenue and profit—and using them in bond issuances.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Now YouGov, which carried out the research, has told the Bible Society that an internal review of the data found that some of the respondents who completed its survey were "fraudulent".
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
The person I spoke to seemed to know who I was—possibly from caller ID—and appeared to have information about me and the fraudulent charge.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
She laughed and gave him a hug, which felt just as fraudulent.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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