Word: fraud
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have caused terrific loss to many of your fellow Americans," said the judge. The defendant, Anthony ("Tino") De Angelis, folded his hands over his paunch and shifted nervously from foot to foot. He had pleaded guilty to four federal counts of fraud and conspiracy, and last week in a Newark courtroom, the time had come for sentencing...
...companies, total more than $100 million. But the claimants have been squabbling among themselves over who should get how much. Lately a group of them called for a package settlement of $80 million-$60 million from Amexco and $20 million from the insurance companies covering it against fraud (American Express Warehousing was insured for $30.5 million...
...URUGUAY, that staunch but unstuck little island of welfare-statism, the economy is reeling from the effects of a 26-day blackout of its banking system. The government ordered five banks to close, and all others went out on strike after charges of corruption and fraud against eleven top banking executives. Last week even the Central Bank itself was intervened for investigation. To add to the troubles, the country's cost of living has jumped 45% in the past year, the ruling, nine-man National Council has split into bickering factions, and Communists operating out of the Soviet embassy...
Boxing writers, politicians and editorialists proclaimed it the fight to end all fights-if they had anything to say about it. In Pennsylvania and New York, legislators instantly introduced bills to ban the sport; in Washington, Senator John Tower called for a Congressional investigation. But fix and fraud are not synonymous. The truth was simply that a big, tough, fast young boxer hit a woozy old stiff in the face. Nobody will ever be sure just how hard Cassius Clay's punch was, but it was hard enough to make Sonny Liston call it a payday...
McDonald had finally agreed to refrain from contesting the February Steelworkers presidential election that he lost to Secretary-Treasurer I. W. Abel by 10,142 votes out of 607,678 cast. In that election there were charges of wholesale fraud from both sides-and evidence that both sides were right...