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She is also accused of lying to the FBI and filing false tax returns by claiming $1 million in business deductions that were in fact for personal use, such as private jet travel, stays at luxury resorts, designer handbags and jewelry, and home furniture.
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Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Dana Williamson, 53, was charged in a 23-count federal indictment charging her with conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, defrauding the United States, obstructing justice, filing false tax returns and lying to authorities.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
But that’s another thing about the book that the film touches on, where Shelley gets much more at the ways in which [Victor] is lying to himself as well as to everybody else.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Bovo’s administration accused him of lying to the media.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Dana Williamson, 53, was charged in a 23-count federal indictment charging her with conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, defrauding the United States, obstructing justice, filing false tax returns and lying to authorities.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
But that’s another thing about the book that the film touches on, where Shelley gets much more at the ways in which [Victor] is lying to himself as well as to everybody else.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Bovo’s administration accused him of lying to the media.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Lie to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20to. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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