31.   Njihia denied council claims Tuesday it had deposited a check in its bank to cover November salaries.

32.   She wrote notes on her checks, asking in vain for the sweepstakes firms not to cash them until her Social Security check was deposited.

33.   The altered checks were deposited into bank accounts opened in the names of fictitious businesses.

34.   The checks are deposited into the state treasury and the commission then issues separate state checks to the officials, she said.

35.   The checks were usually deposited in offshore accounts so income tax could be evaded, the government alleged.

36.   The two businessmen were arrested for depositing the check for three billion rupees in the name of a fictitious company, it said.