Suspended as a lawyer, he is appealing the convictions and says he is innocent of any fraud.

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Separately, under the Lending Code, which most UK banks have signed up to, innocent victims of fraud on debit or credit cards will not suffer any financial loss unless they have acted negligently.

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New York businessman James Lieto was an innocent bystander in a fraud investigation last year.

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Remember, if you are the innocent victim of card fraud you will not suffer any financial loss.

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Lay and Skilling, who have pleaded innocent to all charges, maintain that there was no fraud at Enron--merely bad publicity and poor investor confidence, bringing down the firm's value innocently, like many other companies that sagged in the early 21st century.

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Ms Stewart, for instance, is defending herself against the accusation that she committed securities fraud by declaring to her shareholders that she was innocent of insider trading.

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Meanwhile, Silvio Berlusconi, who has been dogged by corruption and sexual misconduct allegations for years, insisted he was innocent on Friday at an appeal trial in Milan against a tax fraud conviction in October.

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An innocent party's money is returnable if it's clearly separate from the fraud.

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