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Advocates for these so-called duped dads say such men should be treated as victims of fraud and liken the need for paternity-disestablishment amendments to truth-in-lending laws. They point to many an egregious case in which the law's marital presumption of fatherhood has ended up enslaving a divorced dad, like the Michigan man who proved he had not sired his son but was still ordered to send child-support payments directly to the boy's biological father, who was granted custody after the mom moved out of his place and left the kid there. Increasingly, policymakers...
...biological parent. Three years and about $100,000 in child support and legal fees later, Smith, 46, managed to disentangle himself from any responsibilities for the girl, and says he walked out of court "a broke but free man." He successfully lobbied his home state to pass its paternity-fraud law in 2002 and now runs a DNA-testing company. Its slogan: "If the genes don't fit, you must acquit...
...current ethics charges allege "conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice... engaged in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation" and cites four violations of the state's Revised Rules of Professional Conduct. Among the 41 public statements cited by the bar is one alleging that Nifong knew was not credible: "I would not be surprised if condoms were used. Probably an exotic dancer would not be your first choice for unprotected sex," Nifong said publicly, even after the accuser's own hospital exam statement was taken, in which she said her attackers did not use condoms...
...Securities and Exchange Commission is currently investigating the backdating procedures of more than 130 companies, according to the Journal, in the largest corporate-fraud probe in decades...
...fell for an older phishing scam. After ignoring several official-looking requests from AOL for updated information, I finally responded when threatened with being disconnected in 24 hours. Pressed for time and unable to reach anyone at AOL, I went against my better judgment. The fraud began within minutes. "The number of ways bad guys can convince you to give them your financial information is limited only by their imagination," says Andrew Weinstein, an AOL spokesman, who says AOL blocks 7 million attempts...