Prosecutors charge that Mr. Leffler sought to quadruple $10,000 in campaign contributions by illegally claiming that the money was eligible to be matched with public funds.

He now owes more than $2,000 for illegally claiming his girlfriend's baby by another man.

Ms. Olsen, the committee spokeswoman, said the two companies were among about 60 concerns around the country and overseas who were illegally claiming to have access to tickets.

He also engaged in trades with Mr. Solomon that allowed the money manager to illegally claim false losses on his income-tax returns.

An admiralty court ruled that since the ship was illegally claiming American registration, there were sufficient grounds for confiscation.

On 26 May 2009 Osbourne filed suit in a federal court in New York against Iommi alleging that he illegally claimed the band name.

More frequently, the tactics were akin to illegally claiming a tax deduction by misrepresenting a family vacation as a business expense.

Also, he conducted a complex series of trades that allowed Mr. Solomon to illegally claim losses to reduce his 1985 Federal income tax return.

He was found guilty of seeking to quadruple $10,000 in campaign contributions by illegally claiming that the money was eligible to be matched with public funds.

On 13 June 2012, Dan Penteado was due in court to face charges of illegally claiming housing and council tax benefit.