Regulators have tended to ignore this sort of issue and it may well be generic to a number of network-based industries with committed costs.

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"They evaded taxes and laundered money through the purchase of fake receipts that were later used to justify the issuance of checks whose amounts were deposited under a generic tax identification number, " Echegaray said, adding that HSBC never informed the AFIP tax agency about it.

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Glumetza has grown to become the number one branded generic metformin drug.

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