1.   And Japanese media have reported for months that Daiwa Securities Co. and Nikko Securities Co. may similar illegal payoffs.

2.   A scandal in which at least two directors made possibly illegal payoffs to mobsters hurt share prices in March and April.

3.   Advisers to Estrada noted that Singson, who says he made illegal payoffs to the president, was hardly a reputable witness.

4.   Four former Dai-Ichi Kangyo executives were also indicted for making illegal payoffs.

5.   In the past, some dealers asserted that they had to make illegal payoffs to unloaders to get their perishable wares delivered promptly.

6.   Japanese authorities arrested five Yamaichi Securities Co. executives and banned the brokerage from underwriting government bonds on suspicion it made illegal payoffs to a corporate racketeer.

7.   More threatening letters follow as Ray attempts to discover if the respected old judge was a lucky gambler or the recipient of an illegal payoff.

8.   Prosecutors have suggested that some of the money was used for illegal payoffs during the election, charges that have been denied by Lindsey and aides to the president.

9.   She is to listen in on his conversations and witness his illegal payoffs.

10.   Speculation that the brokerage was involved in illegal payoffs had already emerged in the Japanese press.