Kickback

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A practice in which a person or business pays someone to find new clients or referrals, and pays that person a percentage of the increased transactions resulting from those referrals

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Ponce confirmed recommending Sabado's transfer to another division as a sanction for lapses he committed at work, not because of the alleged P800,000 kickback.

MCIAA execs face probe

Kickback was simulated by driving a flywheel, with speed and inertia typical of a small-to-medium chainsaw, into the nose of a chainsaw equipped with a bar but no chain.

A study of chainsaw kickback

We obtained all information from rural municipalities when and in which district financial department these kickbacks were extorted.

Finance Minister asks government members to be cautious with statements about 10% kickback, PM promises to provide facts of corruption

At that time, Boski admitted to providing $55,000 in kickbacks to the prime contractor in exchange for sub-contracts at the two cleanup sites, the Department of Justice said.

NJ business owner admits to lying to EPA regarding superfund kickbacks

According to the SEC's complaint, filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, the kickback scheme occurred from approximately 2000 to 2003.

SEC charges General Electric with Iraq programme violations

The DOJ said Omnicare paid a $50 million kickback to the chains, which was disguised as a purchase of a small business unit of Mariner that had only two employees and was worth far less than the money offered.

Omnicare coughs up $98 million for kickbacks

Securing the work piece allows the operator to keep two hands on the saw and increases control over kickback.

Cutting it too close for comfort

Parties on both sides of an impermissible kickback transaction are liable.

Gain sharing revisited

So-called "rebating" of title insurance is restricted under several state laws and the federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, which bars paying or accepting "any fee, kickback, or thing of value" in connection with a referral for any real estate settlement service that involves "a federally related mortgage loan.

A new chapter in title insurance: state and federal probes are changing the way title insurers do business

The major focus of the following stages was the patient's foot position on the body and kickback power.

Running-specific strength training--it makes (postural) sense!

Bond is slated to go to trial in November for the kickback charges.

The fall of Alan Bond: once-prominent money manager found guilty of defrauding clients. (National News)

The prosecutors said in the opening statement that Sato had concealed the alleged kickbacks by entrusting the money with his acquaintances or preparing false documents to show the money was not a kickback.