In October 2011, a judge rejected the group's fraud claim, which meant they could not receive millions of dollars in potential damages.

The law does not bar fraud claims and does not cover sales pitches to consumers.

Mr. Pritchard said he was investigating other potential cases of fraud claims.

So I called the collection agency investigating my case and threatened to file a lawsuit if it did not resolve my fraud claim.

Before 1995, when a law was passed making it tougher to bring securities fraud claims, the average settlement was less than half that amount.

But Disney said: "We have not withdrawn our fraud claim.

The proposal, if accepted, would be one of the largest penalties ever paid by a company to settle a fraud claim.

They said they would look into fraud claims, if proof were presented.

The US Government ordered him to pay $75 million to settle the fraud claims.

Raytheon has denied Washington's fraud claim, saying Washington studied the engineering unit and its financial books for many months before buying it.