Word: fraud
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Schlueter said the letter constitutes a violation of federal laws against mail fraud and mailing lottery material...
While Bellotti has failed to take action, the statute of limitations is expiring on some of the alleged offenses of MBM executives. In light of the MBM scandal, legislation was finally proposed to create a special commission to investigate fraud and corruption in the award of state and county building contracts over the past ten years. Bellotti supported this legislation, but wanted the scope of the investigation narrowed to include only contracts involving MBM and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts--which, of course, would keep the Essex County commissioners...
FICTION: Adjacent Lives, Ellen Schwamm ∙Faeries, Brian Fraud and Alan Lee ∙Secret Isaac, Jerome Charyn ∙Shosha, Isaac Bashevis Singer ∙The Stories of John Cheever, John Cheever ∙The World According to Garp, John Irving War and Remembrance, Herman Wouk
...charge that Estes was also involved in eight or ten other deals. But after negotiations with Estes and his lawyers, the Justice Department decided to let him plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to defraud the Government, a blanket charge covering tax evasion and mail and wire fraud. He faces a $5,000 fine and up to five years in jail. Yet, through the same sort of sharp bargaining that made him his fortune, Estes is expected to be sent back to prison for only a couple of years at most...
Faeries, Brian Fraud and Alan...