Word: defraud
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...registration statement contained "false and misleading statements." Old A. P., a born battler, haled SEC to court. While still there, SEC bit him again. Bank of America was accused of helping Timetrust, an investing company which owns Bank of America stock, in a "device, scheme and artifice to defraud" buyers of its certificates...
...McNelis declared her corporation bankrupt, admitted liabilities of $400,000. She blamed high printing costs. But a Federal Grand Jury accused her of falsifying circulation figures, withholding some $1,000,000 in rebates due advertisers. With three of her associates, Catherine McNelis was indicted for using the mails to defraud...