11.   The SEC brought a number of cases last year involving Internet fraud, most related to fake investment opportunities.

12.   To date, three contracts have been found to involve fraud, and the others remain under investigation.

13.   Two-thirds involved identity fraud.

14.   Perhaps the biggest scandal involved voter fraud.

15.   Past elections have been tainted by scandals involving vote fraud, extravagant campaign spending and widespread charges of vote-buying.

16.   Almost half of all the private whistleblower cases and more than half of the total recovered money involve health care fraud.

17.   Almost half of all the private whistle-blower cases and more than half of the total recovered money involve health care fraud.

18.   Both failures involved fraud, according to federal regulators.

19.   For many months, Imperial Consolidated and the Monzer al Kassar group have made various claims and counterclaims involving fraud.

20.   Hengartner is a statistical consultant to the district attorney in New Haven, Conn., for two cases involving Medicare fraud.