Word: frauds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also have violated the law: use of a Senate building for commercial purposes like paid speeches is prohibited by the criminal code. The free limousine service he accepted will probably be regarded as taxable income. Backdating a document related to the sale of his Minneapolis condominium could constitute fraud...
...lending caution reflects a backlash against the era of financial fraud and excess. After the collapse of hundreds of savings and loans, the Government last year barred S&Ls from lending amounts representing more than 15% of their capital to any one customer. The previous limit was 100%, which allowed some S&Ls to sink themselves by committing a dangerously large amount to a single venture. Moreover, federal examiners began using strict new requirements to judge the quality of lending by commercial banks. "When regulators are being tough, bankers too have to be very cautious in terms of the credit...
...same league as his predecessor, Nicolae Ceausescu, the Communist tyrant who posted similar landslides in pro forma balloting. But this was a free election, complete with opposition candidates and Western observers. That must have made Iliescu's victory all the sweeter, despite opposition allegations of ballot-box fraud, voter intimidation and media monopolization by his incumbent National Salvation Front...
Early returns gave the feisty Bosch the lead, but by week's end, with nearly 87% of the votes counted, Balaguer had squeaked ahead with 11,000 votes. Declaring the election a "colossal fraud," Bosch called for massive demonstrations. Says a Dominican pollster: "It appears that the elder of the dinosaurs...
With scores more S&Ls designated for sale or closure in the weeks ahead, the legacy of fraud is likely to keep paying handsomely for asset chasers like Pankau. His firm claims to have increased its revenues 50% in each of the past five years, and plans new offices in such growing white-collar-crime capitals as Arizona and Florida. Pankau has even taken a few lessons from the bad guys, spreading the ownership of his company among his three children, through trusts. That, he explains, is partly to protect himself from liability suits in case any of his targets...