German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeir says the fraud allegations cannot be ignored and his European counterparts will insist the complaints be thoroughly scrutinized.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"At the same time cuts costs, the waste,the fraud,the duplication, endemic to our system and at the same time it covers 31 million people.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

That process might take weeks. Billed as only the second free election for President in Afghanistan's history, the fraud allegations are threatening the legitimacy of the process.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The settlement is the nation's largest ever in a case of health care fraud.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

And because of the alleged fraud, in late January, the U.S.government suspended $7 million from the Education Sector Support Program.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Today's announcement comes after an-ongoing investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into BAE that dates back to the 1990s.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Fraud,insecurity and the weather all threaten to make next month's run-off elections difficult for one of the world's newest democracies.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

One of them is the political situation. Afghanistan held elections in August but the results are contested amidst allegations of fraud.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

Abdullah said he withdrew because he believed the voter fraud that marred the first round of voting was likely to re-occur.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

But what I do expect and what we will try to do is to reduce the level of fraud."

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

"We have got to make sure that this second round is not marred by fraud and corruption like the first round,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

The station has been the subject of GAO and State Department investigations into mismanagement and allegations of fraud and abuse.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

The European Union imposed sanctions against Zimbabwe in 2002 following elections marked by violence and accusations of widespread fraud.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

The Karzai campaign denies such charges and accuses the Abdullah camp of carrying out fraud on election day.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

The chief of the U.N.mission there, Kai Eide, did not acknowledge that there was "widespread fraud" until recently.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

The U.N.data also reportedly shows fraud in favor of candidate Abdullah Abdullah, but on a much smaller scale.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

Allegations of rampant fraud and vote-rigging have surrounded the Afghan presidential election and raised questions about its legitimacy.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

The first round of voting on August 20 was marred by widespread fraud, which mostly benefited Mr.Karzai.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

The latest preliminary results were released as the Election Complaints Commission ordered a recount of votes from polling stations where it suspects fraud.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

But he also admitted he will not be able to prevent all fraud in the second round.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

The watchdog group, partly appointed by the U.N., is overseeing the complaints of voter fraud and other irregularities reported since last week's balloting.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

It is why they dismissed the results from 83 polling stations so of course we have concerns about very serious allegations of fraud."

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

But Secretary Gates has a different view, saying the political problems in Afghanistan go beyond allegations of fraud in the election,and include widespread corruption.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Former Iranian President Abolhassan Bani Sadr, who was overthrown in a coup by religious leaders, including Ayatollah Khomeini,in 1981, called the election a fraud.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

The Obama administration in the coming weeks also will propose new and stronger rules to protect consumers and investors against financial fraud and abuse.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

(Speaking) The prime minister noted the presence of election monitors to help prevent any fraud.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07