The prosecution contends that the investors, who paid them legal fees of $238,000, never knew that the defendants "secretly diverted" the eight apartments, quickly sold them and deprived the investors of $200,000 in profits.

Lieut. Col. Oliver L. North and Rear Adm. John M. Poindexter have testified about how they secretly diverted money to the contras, whom they considered to be a bastion against Communist penetration of the Americas.

The transcribed tape of Kirov's confession to Leipzig shows that Karla is secretly diverting official funds to a Swiss bank account and misappropriating other resources using a commercial attache of the Soviet embassy in Bern, named Grigoriev.

Then the administration had to deny the book's assertion that officials secretly diverted $700 million intended for antiterrorism to prepare for an invasion of Iraq.

But the indictment said the defendants "secretly diverted" eight of the apartments to themselves by using different names and false documents.

Companies found to be secretly diverting raw materials to civilian uses were severely punished through the withdrawal of lucrative government contracts, fines, and the imposition of government supervisors on-site at the workplace.

The Bush administration on Monday denied a report in a new book that it secretly diverted money intended for the effort to prevent terrorism in 2002 to prepare for an invasion of Iraq.

A9 The Bush administration denied a report in a new book by Bob Woodward that it secretly diverted $700 million intended for the effort to prevent terrorism in 2002 to prepare for an invasion of Iraq.

Accused of Tricking Clients The prosecution has charged that while representing a group of investors led by Mr. Rosenbaum, Mr. Miller secretly diverted eight apartments, fraudulently depriving his clients of the right to buy them.

The suit says the company, which is a unit of IAC/InterActiveCorp, "secretly diverts" LendingTree's users to its own direct-lending business, thereby circumventing competition.