Word: fraud
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...part of the same quest, an eclectic consultant, John Meier, appeared before the federal grand jury in New York, which is looking into the possibility of mail fraud and fraud by wire (telephone). Meier, who worked for Hughes in the late '60s as a scientific expert in Nevada, is now seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in New Mexico. After his grand jury appearance, Meier told reporters: "I never met Clifford Irving or his wife, and had not heard of either of them before I read about the 'Autobiography of Howard Hughes' in the newspapers...
...afternoon to offer assistance to the Attorney General's office of New York State for possible legal action against Minuteman Research. Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, said yesterday that he had been "in consultation" with Stephen Mindel, department head of the state's Consumer Protection and Fraud Division...
...passport in opening the Zurich account. On the other side of the Atlantic, there was also official interest: New York County District Attorney Frank Hogan, the U.S. Postal Service and the Justice Department had launched investigations into what was beginning to appear to be a very complicated piece of fraud...
...house-preparing their case. Early this week Irving was to appear before a New York County grand jury investigating possible charges of perjury and obtaining money (from McGraw-Hill) under false pretenses. Then Irving would have to face a federal grand jury looking into possible additional charges of mail fraud...
...statement: "We were opposed to his departure at this time . . . We thought it was a very bad time to go, while developments were still taking place in Switzerland and while we're hopefully awaiting more information from the Swiss police that might resolve if there is a fraud and who perpetrated it." But Irving was said to have left for only a brief visit with his family and promised that he would return immediately if he was needed in New York...