Word: defrauding
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...Revere man this week linked the former president of Bridgewater State College to the theft of documents which he said showed the college official's participation in a plot to defraud the state of more than $70,000 in federal funds...
Gaeta on Tuesday pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government and will testify against Indelicato in exchange for a milder sentence, said U.S. District Court clerk Phillip Lyons...
...currently held by Dean Burch, the former Federal Communications Commission chairman. Most crushing of all, Colino faced U.S. District Court Judge Gerhard Gesell in Washington last week and was sentenced to six years in a minimum-security federal prison after pleading guilty to helping defraud Intelsat of $4.8 million. In addition, the defendant was ordered to pay $865,000 in restitution to Intelsat. "I have no excuses," said a pale and stooped Colino, who asked Gesell for a "chance to demonstrate that I can still lead a productive life and contribute to society . . . What happened was an aberration...
...made the baffling assertion that he had not "heard a single word" indicating that any crime was committed. That was a worrisome indication that he still may not understand what went on ! -- or may not want to. Two contra fund raisers have already pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to defraud the Government, and there has been clear evidence of destruction of official documents as well as probable unauthorized use of Government funds...
Conspiracy. A broad-gauged section of the U.S. Code makes it a crime to conspire to defraud the Federal Government of money or property; the doctrine also applies to efforts to interfere with the proper functioning of any Government agency. Though it is difficult to prove conspiracy, siphoning off arms-sales profits that may have belonged to the U.S. Treasury, selling weapons under incorrect procedures, and the jumble of other deceptions could qualify. North was named, but not indicted, as a co-conspirator in a tax fraud involving improper deductions claimed for contributions used to purchase contra arms...