Federal prosecutors on Thursday filed the first criminal charges against executives in a mushrooming investigation into the possible manipulation of stock options.

Although photographs had been altered in various ways almost from the beginning, the degree of manipulation possible had increased dramatically.

Frederick's idea was not only to create a unified set of laws, but to make them clear and eliminate possible manipulations by different interpretation.

Government inspectors are still scrutinizing the contested deal for possible share-price manipulation.

Value added score is very subjective and difficult to calculate, e.g. an area of possible manipulation for the Guardian 5.

One Government official suggested that the House investigation was focusing on possible manipulation of the company's stock.

Regrettably, delays in the vote count have now raised fears of possible manipulation.

The statement chronicled events in the case from start to finish, including comments on any possible manipulation of media outlets.

The inquiry was announced last week, after evidence of possible manipulation of property futures came to light.

Moreover, allowing commodity trading advisers to choose the account size that they want leaves the calculations subject to possible manipulation.