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    The Fraud Act 2006 (c 35) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which affects England and Wales and Northern Ireland. It was given royal assent...
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    statements. Fraud can be defined as either a civil wrong or a criminal act. For civil fraud, a government agency or person or entity harmed by fraud may bring...
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    Wales. On 15 January 2007 the Fraud Act 2006 came into force, redefining most of the offences of deception. The Theft Act 1968 resulted from the efforts...
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  • Insurance fraud is any act committed to defraud an insurance process. It occurs when a claimant attempts to obtain some benefit or advantage they are not...
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    Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (CFAA) is a United States cybersecurity bill that was enacted in 1986 as an amendment to existing computer fraud law (18 U...
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  • Northern Ireland. It was replaced with the more general offence of fraud by the Fraud Act 2006. The offence still subsists in certain other common law jurisdictions...
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    the act contains provisions that deal mainly with the prevention of identity theft. In particular, it establishes new regulations concerning 'fraud alerts'...
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    and 16 of the Theft Act 1968 by reforming some aspects of those offences and adding new provisions. See also the Fraud Act 2006. This section created...
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    Phishing (category Fraud)
    and emails to defraud consumers. In the UK, the Fraud Act 2006 introduced a general offense of fraud punishable by up to ten years in prison and prohibited...
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  • Mail fraud and wire fraud are terms used in the United States to describe the use of a physical (e.g., the U.S. Postal Service) or electronic (e.g., a...
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  • Wales using the Social Security Administration Act 1992, or under the Theft Act 1978, or the Fraud Act 2006; in Northern Ireland under corresponding legislation;...
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    details of the issuer. In the United Kingdom, it is an offense under the Fraud Act 2006 (section 7) to create or use a COA in the sale of an autograph or similar...
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  • Electoral fraud, sometimes referred to as election manipulation, voter fraud, or vote rigging, involves illegal interference with the process of an election...
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  • Damage Act 1971 the Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 the Fraud Act 2006 an offence under section 2 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 of...
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  • and Schedule 3 to, the Fraud Act 2006, subject to transitional provisions and savings in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to that Act. Section 15B was repealed...
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    The Stolen Valor Act of 2005, signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 20, 2006, was a U.S. law that broadened the provisions of previous...
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    article for use in the course of or in connection with fraud contrary to Section 6 of the Fraud Act 2006; and three further charges that between the same dates...
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    Theft Act 1968) Fraud (s1 Fraud Act 2006) Criminal Damage (s1 Criminal Damage Act 1971) Wilful obstruction (s137 Highways Act 1980) Intentionally or recklessly...
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  • Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 Deception (criminal law) The Fraud Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3200 (C.112)), article...
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  • serious fraud cases. As a result, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and its unique powers were created by the Criminal Justice Act 1987, "an Act to make...
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  • value of the property. Robbery is a theft by force. Fraud in the UK is a breach of the Fraud Act 2006 by false representation, by failure to disclose information...
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  • act, condition or thing that is illegal because it interferes with the rights of the general public. In Kent v Johnson, the Supreme Court of the ACT held...
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  • False Claims Act for the first time in Franklin v. Parke-Davis, leading to a $430 million settlement. Vaccine hesitancy Pharmaceutical fraud List of off-label...
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    Criminal Fraud Accountability Title VIII consists of seven sections and is also referred to as the "Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act of 2002"...
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  • Mates was reported to Hampshire Constabulary for electoral fraud under the Fraud Act 2006 by competitor Don Jerrard who was standing for The Justice &...
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  • Paternity fraud is one form of misattributed paternity or paternal discrepancy. Specifically, paternity fraud is the intentional misidentification of...
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    military buildup, reports of massive fraud among military contractors had become major news, and Congress acted to strengthen the FCA.: 1271–77  The first...
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    created a new Act called the Crimes Against Charitable Americans Act which amended the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to require...
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  • and Schedule 3 to, the Fraud Act 2006, subject to transitional provisions and savings in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to that Act. Mode of trial See article...
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  • acquisition/retention/use or control criminal property, Fraud by false representation - Fraud Act 2006, Conspire to steal from another, unauthorized computer...
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