Word: frauds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...grand jury's decision, however, may hingeon the interpretation of a handful of newlyenacted laws, and a new application of one of themost widely used fraud statutes in the books,Morris' lawyer said yesterday...
Some of the legislation that may be used toindict those responsible for creating computerviruses include the 1984 Act on Computer Fraud andAbuse, a 1986 act on unlawful access to storedcomputer records and a longstanding wire fraudlaw. They are a varied collection of laws, some ofwhich were created recently to keep up withtechnological advances, and others that date to apre-computer age but are relevant to regulatingnational communication networks...
...investment firm Drexel Burnham Lambert has been pictured in an SEC indictment as Ivan Boesky's partner in securities fraud. But the company may have been one of the convicted arbitrager's victims as well. The London Stock Exchange is looking into accusations that Boesky used his network of partnerships to hide from Drexel the size, and thus the potential risk, of stock purchases he made with money he borrowed from the firm. Far from feeling duped, Drexel officials welcomed the probe. Since Boesky is the prime witness against the firm, his alleged backstabbing may erode his credibility. Drexel officials...
...store for the new occupant of this post, created two years ago to coordinate and streamline the world's biggest purchasing program ($160 billion a year). A federal grand jury is expected soon to indict up to a dozen defense contractors, consultants and former Pentagon officials for fraud. Moreover, budgetary pressures will force the nation's No. 1 shopper to prune as much as $400 billion from purchases over the next five years. One indication of how difficult the job can be: Richard Godwin, the first man to hold it, quit after only a year...
Even so, Pakistanis feared a repetition of the violence and ballot-box fraud that rapidly destroyed nearly all the country's previous attempts at democratic rule. The quiet this week at the 33,328 polling stations was hailed as a triumph of restraint. "Peace has not broken down," wrote Maleeha Lodhi, editor of the Muslim, an Islamabad-based daily. "Violence has remained well within the limits of subcontinental acceptability...