financial fraud

collocation in English

meaningsoffinancialandfraud

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financial
adjective
uk
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/us
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
relating to money or how money ...
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fraud
noun
uk
/frɔːd/us
/frɑːd/
the crime of getting money by ...
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(Definition offinancialandfraudfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I think that that is one of the reasons why our system is extremely difficult to corrupt throughfinancialfraudand so on.
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Coupled withfinancialfraudand rackets on that scale is the extortion and intimidation of those who are involved.
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The point is that we are dealing with seriousfinancialfraudcases and there are fewer of these than of any other offences.
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Certainly the military are tackling thefinancialfraudthat exists on a massive scale with vigour.
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The prevalence offinancialfraudis deeply worrying.
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Another contributing factor was the lack of auditors, whose skills must always be at the heart of combatingfinancialfraudor irregularities.
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The scope of the regulation covers misleading and deceptive practices but notfinancialfraudbetween traders.
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The latter group helps reduce opportunities for environmental scandals, corruption,financialfraud, warmongering and dictatorial acts.
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It is an unfortunate fact that the standard of evidence required to obtain conviction in cases offinancialfraudhas to be very high.
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The report clearly marks a step towards the better and more effective use of resources and towards reducing the risk of misuse of these latter or offinancialfraud.
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But he concentrated on seriousfinancialfraud.
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There is no evidence to show that a jury cannot understand a complexfinancialfraudcase if it does not know the background, let alone the dishonest elements.
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He has led investigations of market timing, stock options backdating,financialfraud, insider trading, and investment advisor and hedge fund fraud.
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After winning thefinancialfraudconviction, federal prosecutors dismissed all immigration-related charges against him.
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In 2008, he was sentenced to 16 years in jail for thefinancialfraud.
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Six months later he was arrested infinancialfraudinvestigation and released after 10 hours.
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The report tied the group to money laundering,financialfraud, and the control of numerous large and fictitious companies.
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They were accused of a $3 billionfinancialfraudbetween 1999 and 2002 and of benefiting from an inflated stock price.
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At least one study suggests that 45% of companies experiencefinancialfraud, with average losses of $1.7 million.
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They encouraged criminal prosecution offinancialfraudcases as well as limits to the size of banks, but met with limited success.
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