Word: frauds
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...guard despise Castro too--but not so much that they disdain the First Amendment. As a result, they see their ascendancy as more than a chance to democratize Miami's discussion on how best to democratize Cuba. It's also a bid to reconnect the city--plagued by voter fraud and rampant official corruption--to mainstream U.S. civic values, as well as to its potential as the hemisphere's trade, tourism and cultural nexus...
...dire consequences if he claimed a first-round victory," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim McGirk. "He came under considerable pressure from the United States, the European Union and the Organization of American States to accept a second-round runoff in light of widespread allegations of electoral fraud. And there were tens of thousands of people in the streets of Peru's major cities, vowing to fight any attempt to claim a first-round victory...
...sent home to an empty house, with no one to take care of them, a physician may very well feel justified keeping the patient for one more night." And in fact, says Gorman, even doctors who admit to thumbing their noses at HMO guidelines may not be committing fraud in the strictest sense of the word. "There may be situations in which if a doctor or patient appealed an HMO's decision, the patient would be able to stay longer." The problem the doctors face, of course, is one of immediacy: The patients who most need special consideration are often...
...though, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno is just glad the cybersheriff is on the case. While crimes such as e-mail fraud, trade-secret hacking and child pornography are generally considered the province of federal authorities, they are so prevalent today that the Justice Department and FBI are outmanned. A survey of Fortune 500 companies by the Justice Department and the Computer Security Institute estimated that financial losses from computer crime exceeded $360 million from 1997 to 1999. With the volume of e-commerce predicted to rise, from more than $100 billion last year to $1 trillion in 2003, computer...
...Some 150 buyers are claiming they got ripped off by a seller on eBay. Although crooks represent just a tiny fraction of transactions, Internet fraud is rising: complaints increased 38% last year. How do you avoid it? Either pay by credit card or use an escrow service that won't release your money to the seller until you've got your goods. It costs a couple of bucks for each transaction, but it's worth it for costlier items...