51.   The increased debt charges stemmed mainly from provisions in the Cutfin unit and installment finance and mortgage loans.

52.   The mail and wire fraud charges stem from the mailing of airline tickets, and the use of the telephone to make reservations.

53.   The original charges stemmed from a DEA investigation into the importing of MDMA from Amsterdam by a group of Israelis in Queens.

54.   The racketeering charge stemmed from his work as a lawyer for a boiler-room operator who had been arrested and convicted in New Hampshire.

55.   The second firearms charge stems from Waters shipping guns and ammunition from Austin to a family member in Peoria, Ill.

56.   The trial of Timothy McVeigh on murder charges stemming from the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City was a case in point, Kershen said.

57.   The U.S. charges stemmed from a sting investigation by federal investigators, who worked with one of the three accused, Mark Whitacre.

58.   Those charges stemmed in part from pharmaceutical claims to Medicare that the federal insurance plan for the elderly rejected, according to Skolnick.

59.   According to a source close to the case, the criminal charges against Shanley stem from allegations made by Busa.

60.   Anwar maintains the sex and corruption charges against him stem from his rivalry with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.