How to Use fraud in a Sentence

fraud

noun

• He was found guilty of bank fraud.
• He was the victim of an elaborate fraud.
• He claimed he was a licensed psychologist, but he turned out to be a fraud.
• The UFO picture was proved to be a fraud.
• Who better to drag others into the fraud than a friendly face?
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
• This case was possibly the worst case of fraud the UK courts have seen.
  — Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
• His focus is the economics of online markets and Internet fraud.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2023
• But the judge, David O. Carter, overruled him, citing the crime-fraud exception as a reason to allow the committee to have the emails.
  — Ben Protess, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
• On his last day in office in 2021, Trump pardoned Bannon, who had been charged with fraud unrelated to the election.
  — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
• The more that fraud thrives, the more that the public loses trust in science.
  — Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 12 July 2024
• Medicare fraud is one of the most common areas of fraud the statute targets.
  — Gordon Schnell, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
• An initial fraud alert is free and will stay on your credit file for at least 90 days.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• Last week, a court ordered him to pay $355 million as a penalty for fraud.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• The art market might be a murky place, but stealing is still stealing, and fraud is still fraud.
  — Rosa Lyster, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
• Boyle compared Jenkins to a fraud victim who still believes in the scam.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
• There has been no evidence of widespread fraud enough to change the election.
  — WSJ, 16 Jan. 2024
• And some of that fraud is being turbocharged by AI itself.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
• Now, amid a start-up shakeout, more frauds have started coming to light.
  — Erin Griffith, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• The group used some of its funds to boost midterm candidates who pushed the lies that Trump won in 2020 and that the voting system is rife with fraud.
  — Ilya Marritz, ProPublica, 20 Apr. 2023
• In real life, many millions have been lost to this common fraud.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 June 2024
• Now, though, the state is accusing the clan of fraud, grand theft, and conspiracy.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 27 July 2023
• Each count of mail fraud carries up to 20 years in prison and each count of money laundering up to 10 years.
  — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2023
• The next year, a New York jury determined much of his empire was built on fraud.
  — Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
• There is still no evidence of widespread mail-in voter fraud, by the way.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
• Netanyahu also faces a litany of corruption charges on bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
  — Paul Goldman, NBC News, 16 July 2023
• Holmes was sentenced on four counts of fraud in November 2022.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 30 May 2023
• The mail fraud charge carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, prosecutors said.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024
• Financial scams and fraud came in fourth place (53% very concerned).
  — Judith Graham, CNN, 18 June 2024
• Trump didn’t go to court last year when his company was convicted of tax fraud.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2023
• Consumers might want to get a credit report and get a fraud alert on their credit file, the company said.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024