Mr. Adair, the inspector general, who is in charge of investigating suspicious dealings in the sale of assets, finally took office in April after several months of a lengthy nominations process.

Mr. Cox quickly widened his investigation into a number of areas, including reports of suspicious financial dealings among members and former members of the Nixon administration.

Investigators say they are trying to determine why her activities took on a more serious and disturbing cast, and how her 23-year-old son came to join her in these suspicious dealings.

The recent murder of the Sumitomo Bank's Nagoya branch manager was regarded by many here as possibly linked to these suspicious dealings.

The immediate inspiration for the underwriters' self-discipline was a rash of suspicious dealings in bond sales in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Kentucky and New York City.

But those accounts have not been singled out as involving any suspicious dealings.

One of those participants in the case said that suspicious financial dealings ran rampant in Mr. Abramoff's corner of the firm, and that other employees of the firm knew it.

An ex-military man, he became suspicious of Earths dealings on Mars and, upon unearthing the extent of their tyranny, formed BIS.

His popularity started to decline, and his involvement in further allegations of nepotism, police corruption, suspicious dealings in state privatisations accelerated the decline.

In 1661 complaints were made that the officials of the General Post Office were his creatures, and he was accused of suspicious dealings with the letters.