Such checks would have uncovered a fraud conviction and raised serious questions about the truthfulness of her account.

As ordered the Court reviewed Black's case and determined whether his fraud convictions stood or if there should be a new trial.

In the end, the fraud conviction was allowed to stand and the count of obstruction.

Had it not been for the fraud conviction," Paisley said, "he would be a national hero.

The conspiracy and fraud convictions each carry a sentence of 5 to 10 years in prison.

Four of the immigrants testified against him at a trial in November that led to his fraud conviction.

Except one: a political maverick who spent four months in Federal prison in 1990 on a fraud conviction.

In Tennessee, she was imprisoned for a 1985 food-stamp fraud conviction.

One would ban a contractor from all Government business, a process known as debarment, for several years after a second fraud conviction.

On October 14, 1998, a federal appeals court upheld his fraud convictions.