The ability to have a transaction canceled is a remedy that is not available under any other securities fraud statutes.

The unauthorized use of customers' names and the recording of possibly false sales from these customers might violate fraud statutes, the official said.

There are state criminal fraud statutes, but if the Yankees were to pursue a case against Giambi, they would more likely make it a civil suit.

In 1996, a health care bill, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was enacted, including a new fraud statute, as well as new money.

See spyware for a better description of user-consent issues and various fraud statutes.

In addition to the civil penalties, a criminal fraud statute provides for sanctions to those presenting false information to customs officers.

But support shifted after the Justice Department recently adopted guidelines requiring greater care in using the fraud statute against health care providers.

It did so by establishing that "intangible rights," such as honest services, are protected by the federal fraud statutes.

However, the fraud statutes of New York State would limit your liablity because oral leases can be only one year in length.

The Federal prosecutor has jurisdiction over fraud statutes involving the mails, through which Mr. McKinnon said some of the funds he counted were sent.