Rolesets - defraud

defraud

defraud.01 - to take something from by fraud

DEFRAUD-V NOTES: Frames file for 'defraud' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from defraud.01-v predicate notes)

Aliases:

defraud (v.)

Roles:

ARG0-PAG: thief, fraud, agent
ARG1-PPT: entity defrauded
ARG2-DIR: contract
ARG3-EXT: amount

all arguments

Last November , a federal grand jury indicted
GEARG0
on charges of fraud and false claims in connection with an alleged scheme to
defraudrel
the ArmyARG1
of $ 21 millionARG3
on a logistics computer contractARG2
.

with Arg2

The Justice Department said it filed a lawsuit seeking more than $ 7.7 million from a Meredith Corp. unit on charges that
the companyARG0
defraudedrel
the governmentARG1
on a contract to provide relocation services for federal employeesARG2
.

with Arg3

Shearson was sued by money manager George Soros , who claimed
one of his fundsARG1
was
defraudedrel
out of $ 60 millionARG3
during stock - index futures tradingARGM-TMP
just after the 1987 crashARGM-TMP
.