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unusual facts about false statements



Brendan Sullivan

He defended former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros against accusations of making false statements to the FBI during a background check.


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Andrew Nikolic

In mid-August 2013, the then sitting member for Bass, Geoff Lyons MP, made false statements to high-school students about Nikolic's military career, claiming Nikolic had "misled" journalists about his role in the military.

Criticism of the 9/11 Commission

Former FBI director Louis Freeh criticized the 9/11 Commission for ignoring key evidence from Able Danger, which he alleged resulted in false statements being made in the final 9/11 Commission report.

False Advertising

False advertising, the use of deliberately false statements or deception in advertising.

Glenn Duffie Shriver

In June 2010 Shriver was arrested while trying to depart Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport for China and charged with five counts of "making false statements" and one count of "willfully conspiring to provide national defense information to intelligence officers of the PRC".

Ivan L. R. Lemelle

He pleaded guilty to making false statements during a transaction with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Jean Peyrelevade

In 2006 the bank and Peyrelevade were charged in the federal court of Los Angeles with two felonies concerning false statements to the Federal Reserve.

Karl Linnas

Mr. Linnas worked as a land surveyor, living quietly in Greenlawn, New York, until 1979, when U.S. immigration officials charged him with making false statements to gain entry to the United States.

Monroe Jay Lustbader

Lustbader argued that "vicious and deliberately false statements made during a campaign" are not protected forms of free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment.

Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant

On his return from South Africa Kylsant was arrested and charged with making false statements with regard to company accounts for 1926 and 1927, contrary to section 84 of the Larceny Act 1861.

Walter Forbes

He was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and two counts of making false statements, for inflating reported incomes for the Cendant Corporation, when he was Chief Executive Officer of that company in the 1990s, and at its predecessor company CUC International.