A bill that states that services were rendered for something not rendered is a deceptive statement.

The settlement required the companies to adhere to restrictions against deceptive statements, advertising to children and other marketing.

A half-truth is a deceptive statement, which may come in several forms and includes some element of truth.

"Maybe there's a deceptive statement about how your name was acquired," Huseman says.

This college was one of 15 sites that made deceptive or questionable statements to Government Accountability Office investigators posing as applicants.

Further, they say the commissions were concealed by deceptive statements indicating that the company was charging the university nothing.

"Marketing involving misleading and deceptive statements certainly would be one point of legal action," he said.

They said they had no way of knowing that the company was issuing deceptive financial statements.

Woodside is among six companies accused of making deceptive public statements in an attempt to get free carbon permits.

A half-truth is a deceptive statement that includes some element of truth.