The next hurdle is to negotiate with the Federal Government over an investigation of possible civil and criminal fraud at a number of psychiatric hospitals.

They personally intervened after accepting a total of more than $600,000 in political gifts from Mr. Keating, who now faces civil fraud and racketeering charges.

The SEC also filed charges against them and four vice-presidents for civil fraud.

Mr. Blumenthal said he was currently investigating possible civil fraud and anticompetitive behavior.

There's a fine line between corporate civil fraud and criminal fraud.

The SEC files charges against seven Nortel executives for civil fraud.

That judge, they said, determined that small amounts of tax were due because of technical violations but that there was no civil fraud.

"The standard practice even for terrible things for relatively little amounts of money is that they'll get you for civil fraud."

The predominant civil theory to address art forgery remains civil fraud.

He was arrested in Lyons in connection with an ordinary case of civil fraud involving a municipal ordinateur.