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  • adjective Acting against fraud.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ fraud.

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Examples

  • Italian Police seized $36 million in assets from Chinese-owned firmscompanies in Italy's textile-making areas near Florence, in an antifraud crackdown on Chinese producers.

    What's News— 2011

  • Italian police seized around $36 million in assets from Chinese-owned companies in textile-making areas near Florence in an antifraud crackdown on Chinese producers.

    What's News 2011

  • The SEC's Complaint charges Poteroba, Koval, and Vorobiev with violating Section 10 (b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10-b5 thereunder, the general antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws, and Section 14 (e) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-3 thereunder, the tender offer fraud provisions.

    Bill Singer: Insider Trading: Frequent Flyers, Potatoes and Macy's Bill Singer 2010

  • The Obama administration is responding by cracking down on state governments' antifraud measures.

    The Food-Stamp Crime Wave James Bovard 2011

  • The SEC sent St. Joe notice on June 24 that it had issued an "order of private investigation" covering a variety of issues, including antifraud provisions of federal securities laws and issues related to compliance in reporting public information by St. Joe stockholders who own more than a 5% share in the company, including Fairholme Funds Inc., the investment firm controlled by Mr. Berkowitz, the filing said.

    St. Joe Subject of SEC Investigation Robbie Whelan 2011

  • The SEC's Complaint charges Poteroba, Koval, and Vorobiev with violating Section 10 (b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10-b5 thereunder, the general antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws, and Section 14 (e) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-3 thereunder, the tender offer fraud provisions.

    Bill Singer: Insider Trading: Frequent Flyers, Potatoes and Macy's Bill Singer 2010

  • In 2003, the SEC ordered Miami to cease and desist from future violations of antifraud provisions after concluding the city had misled bond buyers by moving money among agencies to mask a deficit.

    Cities Hit as Funds From Bonds Pay Other Bills Ianthe Jeanne Dugan 2011

  • A municipal borrower that misleads investors in borrowing documents or uses money raised for other purposes could violate antifraud provisions.

    Cities Hit as Funds From Bonds Pay Other Bills Ianthe Jeanne Dugan 2011

  • WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is expected to call on Congress in his State of the Union address Tuesday to pass legislation to toughen antifraud laws governing the financial industry, a person familiar with his plans said.

    Obama Expected to Call for Tougher Wall Street Penalties Carol E. Lee 2012

  • Meanwhile, antifraud measures, inspired more by misguided fears than actual evidence of widespread cheating, cost the government more to implement than they save.

    Matthew Yglesias » Better Nutrition Programs 2010

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