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...Native American box on their applications anyway. One such student admitted to NAHC recruiters that she is “basically white”—after she had enrolled in the College. Most of the NAHC have joined the facebook.com group “Students Against Ethnic Fraud: ‘Checking the Box’ is NOT Okay!”The admissions office recognizes their concerns. “Attempts to manufacture or exaggerate any feature of one’s college application are deplorable,” Banks wrote in a recent e-mail. BUILDING...
...Peace Prize nomination for clearing out the state's Death Row and putting a moratorium on executions, was found guilty of running campaigns - and government offices - like a personal piggy bank to enrich himself, family and friends. The verdict, convicting Ryan on 18 counts ranging from racketeering to mail fraud, came after five months of testimony from more than 100 witnesses, including Ryan's previously convicted former chief of staff, some 20 hours of closing arguments and nearly a month of jury deliberations...
...owned properties so that he could borrow against them. He also admitted pilfering millions of dollars from a Manhattan apartment building on whose board he once served. Kissel made good on that debt, paying the building back $4.7 million, which included interest. But he still had to face fraud charges in the case from the Manhattan district attorney...
Martin Fleischmann, president of MostChoice, which offers online insurance and mortgage services and advertises with Yahoo, said that he is working closely with Yahoo and Google to try to curb click fraud, as well as other types of internet fraud, which he describes as “thievery...
According to Fleischmann, his company is aware of many types of ad fraud and can therefore detect and react to suspected foul play. However, he said, many advertisers do not understand the extent of the problem. “That is what the thieves are counting on,” Fleischmann said...