1.   A federal judge temporarily shut down a Connecticut mail order house charged with defrauding consumers out of millions of dollars through inserts in Visa and MasterCard bills.

2.   But Democrats said the legislation would protect corporate wrongdoers who had defrauded consumers, spoiled the environment or sold dangerous, defective products.

3.   Nixon has filed a lawsuit in Boone County Circuit Court alleging that the company defrauded consumers of millions of dollars.

4.   Nelson has a reputation for effective crackdowns on insurance agents who defraud consumers.

5.   So instead of exact copies, you will find goods that merely create confusion or defraud the consumer.

6.   The company admitted defrauding consumers by promising them nonexistent prizes in exchange for attending a timeshare presentation.

7.   Criminals could use the electronic cash transfer systems either to launder money from crime or to defraud consumers, particularly by means of the Internet, the report said.