1.   But Aura, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday, showed success in that regard only by engaging in sham transactions.

2.   But Aura, the Securities and Exchange Commission said yesterday, showed success in that regard only by engaging in sham transactions.

3.   But these documents were misleading because Kasarjian helped Bennett cover up losses by engaging in sham transactions, the information says.

4.   Clinton first said that she had never done any work on Castle Grande, which was termed a sham transaction by bank examiners.

5.   He also said he was worried that new laws sought by the Clinton administration to crack down on sham transactions would give too much power to IRS agents.

6.   It was a series of sham transactions that created some of the biggest losses for Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan, the institution run by McDougal.

7.   Keating used that deal, plus another sham transaction on land in La Paz County to avoid showing a quarterly loss.

8.   The companies apologized for the sham transactions and said they would have to restate some of their financial reports.

9.   The energy companies denied that they were party to any sham transactions.

10.   The feds said the deals got worse because they were papered over with sham transactions to make them look solid.