Shortly before his death, Möllemann had been confronted with allegations he had been involved in illegal arms deals and evaded taxes on millions of euros he allegedly earned from those activities.

Some have suggested a Dahmer link to the case for many years, but the allegations earned widespread publicity only in early 2007.

During his tenure he earned the nickname the " Minister for Fun ", however, he presided over much more weighty issues such as investigations into controversial events such as drugs allegations in sport and sex abuse by swimming coaches.

Akhmetov has stated in interviews that he obtained his wealth by making risky business investments in the first years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and responded to allegations in 2010, denying he has ever inherited any money from Akhat Bragin or anyone else: " I have earned my first million by trading coal and coke, and spent the money on assets that no one wanted to buy.

She denied the allegations and claimed that all the money she earned had been given to various charities and her sister.

Before he became a novelist, David Cornwell ( John le Carré ) was an intelligence officer for MI6, the British intelligence service, although there are no allegations that he ever betrayed his country and spied for another country like the character Magnus Pym.

His character has caused controversy following allegations that his character's behaviour, bag and body colour have stereotypical homosexual qualities.

Relations with the US deteriorated again in 1999 after the bombing of the Chinese embassy during the bombing of Serbia by NATO forces, which caused three deaths, and allegations of Chinese espionage at the Los Alamos Nuclear Facility.

Their first album, Let Them Eat Bingo, included the number one single " Dub Be Good to Me ", which caused a legal dispute revolving around allegations of infringement of copyright through the liberal use of unauthorised samples: the bassline was a note-for-note lift from " The Guns of Brixton " by The Clash and the lyrics borrowed heavily from " Just Be Good to Me " by The S. O. S.

The case caused tremendous polarization in how to interpret the evidence that was available, and shortly after more than 100 preschools across the country had similar sensationalist allegations eagerly and uncritically reported by the press.

Outraged by the implications of cheating, Escalante feels that the racial and economic status of the students has caused the ETS to doubt their intelligence and confronts officials both at the school and the ETS to challenge the allegations.

A spokesman for the university said the allegations of mistreatment were false, and that the raid caused long-term damage to its research projects.

Moscow described allegations that the epidemic was an accident at a BW facility as " slanderous propaganda " and insisted the anthrax outbreak had been caused by contaminated food.

The alleged Cabinet's decision to scrap the Tamil translation caused much furore in Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan government denied allegations that the Tamil translation of the anthem was to be abolished.

In India, courts have ruled that Sharia, Muslim law, holds precedence for Muslims over Indian civil law, which caused considerable anguish among Nationalists and fueled allegations of pseudo-secularism against the judiciary as well.

These allegations, along with claims that fans had also attacked police officers aiding the injured, were published in several other newspapers, though it was the content of a front page article by The Sun on 19 April which caused the most controversy.

Widespread unemployment caused by the Great Depression and allegations of corruption against Squires and his government along with the government's inability to deal with the economic crisis created widespread discontent and political instability.

His resignation was caused by renewed allegations that he was sleeping with his researcher.

In December 1997, allegations of the party receiving illegal donations and maintaining a secret slush fund caused the ODA and KDU-ČSL to withdraw from the coalition, and the government collapsed.

In 2010 the Metropolitan Police Service apologised for any distress caused by the arrest, accepting the allegations were wholly unfounded, and paid damages and costs to Waterson in settlement of a civil claim for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.

It first came to power in 1989, after allegations of corruption, known as the Bofors scandal, caused Rajiv Gandhi's Congress ( I ) to lose the elections.

One of the most vicious was in 1985, when allegations of Japanese import dumping fueled a price collapse that caused DRAM pioneer Intel to leave the market.

Despite the fuss caused by the match-fixing allegations ( see below ), manager Alan Ball maintained faith in him, and he kept his place in the team for most of the 1994 – 95 season.

In April 2011 he caused a furore by making publicly allegations that match fixing had been taking place in Sri Lankan cricket since 1992 and stated that he was prepared to divulge the information that he had about this to the ICC.

He was subsequently cleared entirely of any involvements with the lists, though was never compensated for the damage to his career caused by the allegations.

The attack was not so much on the practice in and of itself, but on the allegations that the insurance companies had an oligopoly agreement between each other ( not at will but caused by the immense influence of the largest brokers ) to submit false prices to stifle real competition.

This statement caused controversy and further intensification of allegations of antisemitism.

She dropped the allegations that Giles caused the miscarriage before the trial began.

Some of the artifacts he has uncovered have produced great excitement in religious and archaeological circles, and have caused allegations of fraud and forgery.

Deighton caused controversy with ex-service personnel at the time of publication with allegations that during the repeated bombing of RAF Manston many RAF ground crew remained in their air raid shelters and refused to come out to carry out their duties.

They cited the time delay of ten years between the alleged behavior by Thomas and Hill's accusations, and noted that Hill had followed Thomas to a second job and later had personal contacts with Thomas, including giving him a ride to an airport — behavior which they said would be inexplicable if Hill's allegations were true.

In November 1993, David Hale, the source of criminal allegations against Bill Clinton in the Whitewater affair, alleged that Clinton, while governor of Arkansas, pressured him to provide an illegal $ 300, 000 loan to Susan McDougal, the partner of the Clintons in the Whitewater land deal.

In June 2004, the British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw stated that US authorities had repeatedly assured him that no detainees had passed in transit through Diego Garcia or were disembarked there .< ref > In October 2007 the all-party Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament announced that it would launch an investigation of continued allegations of a prison camp on Diego Garcia, which it claimed were twice confirmed by comments made by Retired US Army General Barry McCaffrey.

The Privy Council ordered the arrest of both Howard and Arundel ; Oxford immediately met secretly with Arundel to convince him to support his allegations against Howard and Southwell, offering him money and a pardon from the Queen.

In 2003, Peter Hollingworth stood aside temporarily while certain allegations against him were resolved, and the letters patent of the office were amended to take account of this circumstance.

Although the veracity of these allegations is disputed, the Belgian Ministry of Justice accused him of it, subsequently arresting him, and he was forced to flee back to France, where, with a new republican government in power, he believed that he would be safe.

Sexual allegations may well have formed a part of the campaign against him.

When in June 1756 Minorca fell after a failed attempt by Admiral Byng to relieve it, Pitt's allegations fuelled the public anger against Newcastle-leading him to be attacked by a mob in Greenwich.

In the second trial for mafia allegations against Giulio Andreotti, leader of the right wing of the party, it was said that he took the chance of getting rid of a dangerous political competitor by sabotaging all of the rescue options and ultimately leaving the captors with no option but killing him.

In 1906, employed as an inspector of schools for mentally handicapped children, he pursued his research interests in childhood sexuality during interviews with four children with a line of questioning that resulted in him facing trial over allegations of improper conduct.

Though Raeder had promised to join the campaign to reinstate Fritsch as Army Commander if he was acquitted, after Fritsch ’ s trial ended, he reneged on his promise, and instead argued that the Fritsch case was an Army matter that did not concern him, through that had not stopped Raeder from demanding that Fritsch resign when he first learned of the allegations of homosexuality.

According to Boghdadi, allegations from Amer's family that the government allowed him to commit suicide, were true.

Marnham looked into the allegations, but found no evidence to support the assertion ( though members of the party could easily have seen him as a ' fellow traveler ' owing to his Communist friends and support for the Republican side in Spain ).

" The revelation that federal officials are still pursuing Aristide, years after a U. S. grand jury investigation failed to nab him on drug-trafficking and money-laundering allegations, comes at a politically charged time in Haiti.

In Gotti's defense Cutler called bank robber Matthew Traynor, a would-be prosecution witness dropped for unreliability, who testified that Giacalone offered him drugs and her panties as a masturbation aid in exchange for his testimony ; Traynor's allegations would be dismissed by Judge Nickerson as " wholly unbelievable " after the trial, and he was subsequently convicted of perjury.

Fox was left unsure whom he could trust in the media after negative articles began to emerge, including one by the Globe and Mail that characterized him as a " tyrannical brother " who verbally abused Darrell and claimed he was running because he held a grudge against a doctor who had misdiagnosed his condition, allegations he referred to as " trash ".

However allegations were made against him and his supporters and he was suspended from the Labour Party before nominations closed.

Erhard later told Larry King in an interview that he dropped the suit after receiving legal advice telling him that in order to win it, it would not be sufficient to prove that CBS knew the allegations were false, but that he would also need to prove that CBS acted with malice.

After Sarris ' allegations appeared in the Kansas City Star, base officials revoked his security clearance and reassigned him to menial duties.

It also coincided with Longford's contact with Hindley becoming public knowledge in 1972, and allegations of hypocrisy were frequently made against him.

While a person may be insulted, and his political position subjected to question, the person so impugned has not been discredited until the allegations against him have been proved correct.

On the other hand, he defended Fritsch, correctly accusing Himmler of having fabricated the allegations against him.

After his June arrest in New York City, his MySpace page stopped showing the banner, and, one day later, his management issued a statement that said that he entered a plea of not guilty and was contesting the allegations made against him.