Word: fraud
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...would persuade his wife to vote for acquittal. > To a prospective juror, James C. Tippens, $10,000 for an acquittal vote. In addition to these charges, Hoffa faces a possible retrial of the original Nashville case, plus a separate trial in a federal court in Florida on charges of fraud and conspiracy in connection with a Teamster real estate venture. Despite these legal troubles, Hoffa still retains a firm grip on the steering wheel of his huge Teamsters Union. Only two weeks ago, he won a decisive victory over insurgent Teamsters in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware. A National...
...have taken considerable liberties with Moses' brief account of the rise and fall of the tower of Babel. In the nine verses of the original (Gen,: xi, 1-9), the tower is a monument to hutzpa; in their musical play, Morey and Paul suggest that, in fact, it symbolized fraud and sham. And they and their small cast argue so wittily and so tunefully that I am inclined to take their word...
...students involved were high school acquaintances, but the student actually admitted to Harvard did not know that fraud was being perpetrated in his name...
Harvard officials did not become aware of the fraud, however, until February, when a probation notice sent to the student from the Freshman Dean's office was lost in the mails. The student was living off campus and had his mail delivered to a post-office box, registered in the false name...
Finally, a verdict was reached. Billie Sol was found guilty on four counts of mail fraud and one of conspiracy; he was acquitted on eight counts of mail fraud and one of transporting fraudulent securities in interstate commerce...