Word: defraud
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...Well before his indictment, Bidwell had negotiated a settlement with the Internal Revenue Service under which he increased his 1956 and 1957 tax payments from $55,000 to $98,000. But the Government chose to prosecute him anyway on a charge of intent to defraud...
...Might not the Holy Scripture itself reveal some needed light along this line? See 7 Corinthians 7:5-"Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency...
...Heights, N.J. boy died of sodium-nitrite poisoning (TIME, April 6), had a sequel last week. Daniel DiOrio, 50, president of Philadelphia's Universal Seafood Co., offered no defense when charged in U.S. District Court with having used the sodium nitrite on fish with intent to mislead and defraud. Judge Thomas C. Egan sentenced him to a month in prison, with three years on probation, fined him $2,500. Said the judge: "This caused the unfortunate and almost vicious death of a three-year-old boy and rendered his family seriously ill. The public must be protected...
...Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s, Sinclair went to jail for six months for contempt of court and the Senate. Doheny was acquitted of charges to defraud the Government and sold control of his Pan American Petroleum & Transport Co. holdings to Standard of Indiana. The ironic aftermath: instead of producing 130 million bbl. as the U.S. had predicted, Teapot Dome depleted itself after...
...part-time car salesman whom the FBI identified as chief architect and brains of the swindle ring, and a key Johnston lieutenant, Harry H. Balk, 33, theatrical booking agent. Two Canadians who managed the flow of puzzle information were accused of using the mails and long-distance telephone to defraud, but were not arrested; the crimes are not extraditable...