Backdating itself is not illegal, though a lack of accurate disclosure of it may well be fraud.

虽然缺乏准确一些信息它可能就是欺诈行为，但是期权回溯本身是不违法的。

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Sankey is pursuing what he believes to be fraud on a gigantic scale - a conspiracy, no less, to infiltrate and destroy the free world by putting a foreign imposter into the White House.

桑基正是追查他认为的一个大范围的骗局。这个骗局不亚于一个阴谋，通过把一个冒名顶替者安插到白宫，对自由世界进行渗透和破坏。

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A third view, Mr. Han and others for illegal possession for the purpose of hiding the truth through facts or fiction approach, obtaining public and private property, will be fraud.

第三种意见认为，韩某等人以非法占有为目的，通过虚构事实或者隐瞒真相的方法，骗取公私财物的，定诈骗罪。

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

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

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

"I do not expect that we will be able to eliminate fraud in two weeks' time,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

The lending of more than was actually available was universally recognized to be fraud.

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He couldn't give me the food stamp funds, that would be fraud, even though I offered to reimburse the government.

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But avoid cooking your books so you show a huge loss one year and a tiny profit the next--that could be fraud.

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