The commission declined to express an opinion about whether Vonage should pay general state taxes and fees, or if it's subject to state laws governing fraud, commercial dealings, marketing, advertising and other business practices.

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But in March 2005 USA Today reported on Langley's sordid past: In 1999 he had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and commercial bribery in connection with a penny stock called Pollution Controls International.

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Seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, plaintiffs filed a putative class action alleging that Boeing Company, along with its CEO and the head of its commercial aircraft division, committed securities fraud in violation of federal law.

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Two months ago, government prosecutors raided Chang Hwa Commercial Bank in an effort to find evidence of fraud involving a non-existent project.

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In August last year, the UK's Serious Fraud Office said it had started an investigation into commercial arrangements between the bank and Qatar Holding LLC, part of sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority.

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Dworkin pleaded guilty to three counts of securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and conspiracy to use interstate facilities with the intent to carry on commercial bribery, the letter says.

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Fraud was a material part of the mortgage collapse, a big factor in commercial property and loan losses and a component in investment banking and private-equity losses that did more damage than acknowledged.

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Daryl Dworkin made the statements at his arraignment in federal court in Brooklyn on Wednesday when he pleaded guilty to three counts of securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and conspiracy to use interstate facilities with the intent to carry on commercial bribery.

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The Public and Commercial Services (PSC) union says the changes would lead to more vehicle tax evasion and fraud.

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