fraud case
Swindle under investigation
A fraud case is a legal proceeding involving accusations of deliberate deception for financial or personal gain.
The term appears in news coverage of white-collar crime: The fraud case against the company's executives went to trial.
It can also refer more loosely to any investigation or situation involving suspected fraud: Investigators are building a fraud case against the contractor.
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- criminal chargesFormal accusations of lawbreaking
prosecutor · defendant · court documents · evidence · federal investigation · trial · verdict · guilty plea · conviction · forgery · scheme · victim · testimony · investigation · shell company · money laundering · identity theft · deception
- civil trialsplaintiff, lawsuit, jury trial, bench trial, jury
- Criminal Casesweapons charge, wrongful death, white collar crime, murder trial, mistrial
- fraudscam, swindle, con, deceive, cheat
- lawsuitslawsuit, litigation, civil suit, suit, claim
- legal caseslawsuit, litigation, murder trials, criminal trials, lawsuits
- legal troubleslawsuit, civil suit, criminal charge, arrest, prosecution
fraud caseacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
exoneration · vindication · false accusation · frivolous lawsuit · contract dispute
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