Less sophisticated but almost as costly to retailers is return fraud, the practice of stealing merchandise and returning it to the store for a full refund.
"Sometimes agencies overreach their mandate for, inter alia, political reasons, " said Sean O'Shea, a former federal prosecutor for securities fraud now in private practice.
Those loans are remnants of a practice for which LaRouche was convicted of fraud in 1988 when a jury found he had no intention of repaying them.
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What is most surprising about this practice is that people are actually SURPRISED when fraud is uncovered.
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Half of Alexander's practice is devoted to oil and gas securities fraud cases.
Sean O'Shea, a former federal prosecutor specializing in securities fraud who now is in private practice, said skepticism about Ms. White's conflicts is overblown.
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McGladrey is the next tier public accounting firm with the alternative practice structure and exposure to Madoff and Petters fraud litigation as well as responsibility for the Sentinel fraud.
The force originally detained Mr Price and Mr Bonnard, who have been suspended from duty, on suspicion of misconduct in a public office, fraud by abuse of position and corrupt practice.
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The force originally detained Mr Price and Mr Bonnard, who are suspended from duty, a year ago, on suspicion of misconduct in a public office, fraud by abuse of position and corrupt practice.
Ratner, who was convicted of insurance fraud and stripped of his license to practice medicine for three years in 2002, is on the witness list for the trial and has been questioned in a deposition by each side.
Schiller, who later pled guilty to Medicare fraud, said he had earned the stolen money honestly through an accounting practice and other investments and businesses.
" Other investors suing Bell for fraud point out that "a simple telephone call--let alone a regular practice of verifying the purchase orders--would have revealed that the retailers had not issued the purchase orders.
" A Schwab spokeswoman noted, "Our practice is to evalutate incidents on a case-by-case basis and where there is verified fraud, to make the customers whole.
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