1.   And I think the Internet represents both a wonderful benefit for investors and an enormous opportunity for scams and fraudulent practices.

2.   A well-known Bordeaux wine chateau, Giscours, was charged by the French government with fraudulent winemaking practices.

3.   But city monitoring failed to prevent fraudulent marketing practices and to assure that the companies had enough doctors and support services to handle the patients they were enrolling.

4.   Company executives acknowledged the Web banking service had some early problems, but said they had instituted procedures intended to prohibit fraudulent practices.

5.   During his eight years as attorney-general, he raised his visibility by appearing in TV commercials warning consumers against fraudulent practices.

6.   Fraudulent practices run a gamut that includes charging insurers for services never rendered and ratcheting up bills for services or equipment to outsmart reimbursement systems, Bateman said.

7.   In recent years, he said, several staff members who would typically investigate medical fraud have been redeployed to look for fraudulent practices online.

8.   Lenox and Walch maintain that the bank illegally destroyed records of questionable loans to cover up its fraudulent practices.

9.   Reports are issued when groups fail to meet standards or engage in fraudulent practices.

10.   She said her office worked closely with the Florida attorney general, and said such cooperation is crucial in pursuing fraudulent Internet practices that cross state lines.