Word: frauds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Institutional Revolutionary Party (P.R.I.) were declared victors in 80 out of 82 statewide contests. Supporters of Mexico's conservative opposition group, the National Action Party, claim that the P.R.I., which in 57 years has never lost a gubernatorial or presidential election, engaged in large-scale vote switching and ballot fraud to avoid an embarrassing loss in Chihuahua...
Rubin remains defiant. "When enough lawyers begin withdrawing from cases instead of promoting falsity, perjury and fraud," he says, "the sooner faith in the criminal-justice system will begin to be restored." Rubin, 61, has never shied from controversy. In 1977 he made headlines when he unsuccessfully sought to have a jury acquit Teenage Killer Ronald Zamora on the ground that "subliminal TV intoxication" had diminished his client's sense of right and wrong. He has defended Watergate burglars, championed Cuban refugee causes and in 1978 even staved off a disbarment move for allegedly neglecting several clients' cases...
...ballot boxes had been stuffed with P.R.I. votes in 54 districts and stolen in four others. Hardly had the polls closed when the ruling party announced a sweeping victory in all but one of 67 contested municipalities. "What can you say?" said one Reagan Administration official of the blatant fraud. "It was business as usual...
...questionable election result was a blow to President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado's vaunted campaign of "moral renovation." In 1983, De la Madrid's first year in power, Mexico enjoyed rare fraud-free elections. P.A.N. won mayorships in all of the seven largest cities of Chihuahua. P.R.I. officials privately vowed not to let such a calamity recur. Last year the ruling party resorted to flagrant irregularities while securing victory in elections in two northern states; in December it changed Chihuahua's laws so that the preparation and tallying of votes would be undertaken by P.R.I. agents. Such practices, however...
...cooperating with Government investigators, Levine has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of income tax evasion, securities fraud and perjury. He will be sentenced this week, and could receive up to 20 years in prison and a $610,000 fine. He is in the process of turning over $11.5 million in illegal profits to a federal court...