1.   Another major reason for improper payments is that health care providers filed claims for services more expensive than those they performed.

2.   Another regulator, who requested anonymity, said fuller disclosure would make it harder for Wall Street firms to make improper payments to public officials.

3.   Balgimbayev, too, denied that there had been any improper payments.

4.   Beebe, the Von Roll lawyer, denied that improper payments had been made to Petrizzo for the airport monorail contract.

5.   Accusations of improper payments were made in a highly detailed report issued by a Bahamian government commission of inquiry late last year.

6.   Allegations of improper payments to players did not disappear, but the numbers have dwindled in the past decade.

7.   Allegations that Morales had demanded improper payments from the lawyers he hired for the suit have been adamantly denied by Morales and the lawyers.

8.   By curtailing improper payments, federal officials said, they make money available for new benefits like prescription drugs.

9.   Details continue to surface about improper payments made to members from other cities bidding to host the Olympic Games.

10.   Each has reportedly acknowledged receiving improper payments or benefits before they went to college.