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fraud
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n.
wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain:
he was convicted of fraud|
prosecutions for social security frauds.
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a person or thing intended to deceive others, typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities:
mediums exposed as tricksters and frauds.
DERIVATIVES: fraud·ster n.ORIGIN: Middle English: from Old French fraude, from Latin fraus, fraud- ‘deceit, injury.’
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Fraud-i Ltd launches first combined fraud awareness andtraining solution; Web-based training tools to enable 'fraud responsible' business - increases fraud awareness of staff and third party contractors.
M2 Presswire; 6/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...intranet. As part of this, the Fraud Awareness Training Pack includes...of what constitutes corporate fraud, by 'red flagging' a range...straightforward theft to management frauds such as price fixing, taking...unethical or fraudulent activity. "Fraud-i therefore provides a unique...
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Fraud Awareness Week Sheds Light on White Collar Crime
Newspaper article from: Wireless News; 11/10/2009; 489 words
; Wireless News 11-10-2009 Fraud Awareness Week Sheds Light on White Collar...will be participating in International Fraud Awareness Week, Nov. 8-15, as an Official Supporter to promote anti-fraud awareness and education. Fraud Awareness...
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Frauds Gone Wild: Barry Minkow Creates DVD Series to Help People Avoid Fraud.
PR Newswire; 2/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...Barry Minkow and his Fraud Discovery Institute will...DVD series entitled "Frauds Gone Wild!" to help...and funded by an actual fraud victim who lost $500,000 in a scam, "Frauds Gone Wild!" explores the most common kinds of fraud. They include specific...
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Fraud education for accounting students.
Magazine article from: Journal of Education for Business; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...that their students need to learn about fraud. In fact, Peterson and Reider (1999...is unlikely that students will encounter fraud in their career." Accounting students...little, if any, education in the area of fraud (Peterson & Reider, 2001). In...
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The problem for fraud in credit decisions. (part 1)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Business Credit; 4/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...median fraud losses. * Fraud losses in financial...than 35 percent of all frauds. * Fraud loss involving fictitious...Financial Institution Fraud stated the following...more complex and loan frauds, are expanding to multi...
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Fraud and corruption could be biggest threat; White-collar crime needs a dressing down, writes Cheryl Goodenough.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mercury (South Africa); 3/14/2007; 700+ words
; Perhaps we need to consider whether fraud and corruption, rather than violent crime...Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Naidu said there had...comparative insignificance. The investigation of fraud and corruption required knowledge and skills...
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Fighting Fraud.(methods to eradicate local authority fraud)
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 11/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...lending, and payment card frauds. A Heavy Burden Findings...and Economic Impact of Fraud in the UK', show that...funds. Hot Spots For Fraud Finance Department Bank reconciliations Cheque frauds Forged bank notes Overpayments...recruitment agencies Contract Fraud Payment before completion...
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Fraud checks raise audit costs.(Accounting)
Magazine article from: Arkansas Business; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Certified Public Accountants that mandate deep fraud checks, public accountants and auditors...side of business that isn't funny--fraud. "It definitely puts us in the role of...believed to make up more than 85 percent of fraud. In its 2002 Report to the Nation on Occupational...
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Frauds, scams & other crimes
Magazine article from: America's Community Banker; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...success in perpetrating frauds, scams and other crimes...Simply said, financial fraud is a growth industry that...Internet-more traditional frauds and scams are of greater...the experts say. Check fraud, ATM fraud and credit card...
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Fraud in the new year: The start of 2002 is a good time to reflect upon the significant changes that took place last year and to review the lessons learned -- or perhaps, not learned. (Fraud Findings).
Magazine article from: Internal Auditor; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...their entrepreneurial spirit by taking advantage of the fraud opportunities presented by the attacks: false insurance...changes over the past year have helped shape the future of fraud. FRAUD WILL BE ALIVE AND WELL IN 2002. This is the easiest of...
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Internet Fraud
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
INTERNET FRAUD A crime in which the perpetrator develops...viruses to Web site hacking and financial fraud, Internet crime became a larger concern...new wrinkles were complaints about rampant fraud on popular online auction sites. Together...
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Fraud
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Fraud Spiritualism is unique as a religious community...other religious group have substantive charges of fraud played such a large part, and within no other group has the need to confront fraud had such an effect upon its development. Soon...
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Fraud, Internet
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
FRAUD, INTERNET According to the U.S. National Consumers League, Internet-related fraud cost individuals and businesses $3.2 billion...18,660 instances of potential Internet fraud in 1999, with fully 25 percent of all consumer...
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Consumer Fraud
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
CONSUMER FRAUD Deceptive practices that result in financial...transactions. Many think that consumer fraud only affects unwitting people who are all...the most savvy customer can fall victim to fraud. It may be as simple and seemingly innocuous...
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Statute of Frauds
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...law, called the Statute of Frauds, which is a device employed...has some type of statute of frauds; the law's purpose is to...being "proved" by perjury or fraud. This objective is accomplished...representatives. The statute of frauds is invoked by a defendant in...
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