Word: fraud
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After a four-year federal investigation and a seven-week trial, William H. Walsh last week was found guilty in U.S. District Court on 41 counts of bank fraud and making false statements...
Walsh, who was also acquitted of 18 other counts of fraud and conspiracy, is one of nine city councillors who represent all of Cambridge's citizens, including Harvard students. Walsh, one of four Independents on the city council, is an opponent of rent control and thus receives much of his political backing from Cambridge's landowners...
Equally disturbing was the way some scientists knowledgeable about the case -- and some government officials -- kept quiet about Poisson's misdeeds for years. The fraud was detected in 1990, Poisson admitted at least some culpability in 1991, and yet most patients and doctors didn't learn of the problem until the Tribune publicized it in 1994. To many, the affair smacked of a scientific cover...
...American Honda Co. was rocked by the indictment of five of its top executives for fraud, racketeering, and conspiracy following a yearlong federal investigation of charges that Honda dealerships were awarded on the basis of bribes...
MEDICINE: When the Biopsy Reveals Fraud...