| 单词 | swindle |
| 例句 | There was a world of trouble waiting for a man who sold his neighbor some sickly hobble, but what was the harm of swindling one of the filthy, thieving Ruh? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z However, from the color of his rays she knew at a glance whether he was hatching a swindle, and she could defuse one of his tantrums with a few simple, mocking words. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If I didn’t know horses as well as I do, I would have thought I was being swindled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Everyone wants to put food in their stomachs, and since salaries have been frozen, people have had to resort to swindling. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was all a swindle, an obscene swindle! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Under Bimbi’s tutelage, too, I had gotten myself some little cellblock swindles going. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But maybe, I thought, she won’t wind up swindled by a con man someday because of having known me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z That poor couple was going to get swindled if he didn't stop them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Business associates, friends, and family eventually abandoned Guiteau when they discovered he had swindled them. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A few of the spectators nudged each other with their elbows, obviously hoping I’d somehow swindle Ambrose into paying several times what my slot was actually worth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The whole experience of empathy is a swindle.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Although some white guardians and administrators tried to act in the best interests of the tribe, countless others used the system to swindle the very people they were ostensibly protecting. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Her first master got swindled by a man who sold a device that cleaned cotton twice as fast as Whitney’s gin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In Philadelphia Holmes had swindled the Fidelity Mutual Life Association of nearly $10,000 by apparently faking the death of a policyholder, Ben Pitezel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Adams had orchestrated “a libel on the French government” as part of his “swindling experiment.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z As an insurance agent, it was necessary for me to take part in one swindle. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z With a single glance Clara realized that Getulio Armando was going to swindle her father in the business of the Australian sheep, because she read it in the color of his aura. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Why should they go and get swindled at some other establishment when they can come here! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Buster Friendly said, “We may never know. Nor can we fathom the peculiar purpose behind this swindle. Yes, folks, swindle. Mercerism is a swindler!” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “It’s done. Buster said it out loud, and nearly every human in the system heard him say it. ‘Mercerism is a swindle.’ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Much of his wealth, though, flowed from the deeply corrupt “Indian business”—the swindling of millionaire Osage. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He was filled with embarrassment: embarrassment for the human race, its preoccupation with money, its love of swindle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It’s filled with jabs like “I refuse to make money improving people’s morals, it’s a vulgar way to swindle the public,” and “This anteroom is fairly quivering with outraged geniuses.” How Hollywood Gets the Publishing Industry Wrong 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Watching television one evening, Maud is entranced by the bragging of a ruggedly handsome con man, recently released from prison and promoting a book about his swindles. Sex and Power: The Provocative Explorations of Catherine Breillat 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Friend and admirer Steve Martin once described Jay thusly: “The swindler who never swindled, the con man who never conned, the cheat who never cheated, and mostly, the eccentric collector of all that is eccentric.” A magical trove of Ricky Jay ephemera hits auction block 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z “There is a sense, I think, in which the swindler and the swindled deserve each other,” Mr. Cole writes. Books of The Times: ‘Every Day Is for the Thief’ by Teju Cole 2014-03-25T20:21:54Z “Body and Soul,” the first film to feature Paul Robeson, centers on a corrupt preacher who swindles a small town while his twin brother struggles to survive with honest work. William Hooker and Oscar Micheaux, visionaries across eras and art forms 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Vanderbilt became the target of a swindle in the late 1970s and early ’80s when she made her psychiatrist and a lawyer associates in her business affairs. Gloria Vanderbilt, heiress, jeans queen, dies at 95 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The great college-admissions swindle—the scheme of bribery and fraud exposed, in March, by a federal investigation named Operation Varsity Blues—is, of course, a story for the ages. A Lifetime Movie Nails the College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Emily the Criminal Rated R for stealing, stabbing and swindling up a storm. ‘Emily the Criminal’ Review: Survival Strategy 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Anthony Marshall, convicted of swindling millions of dollars from his philanthropist mother, Brooke Astor, has died, according to a paid obituary on Monday in the New York Times. Son of Brooke Astor, convicted of swindling her as she aged, is dead 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z The central character in “The Locals” is probably Mark Firth, a contractor who lost a ton of money in a stock swindle. Boom, Bust and a Berkshires Interloper in ‘The Locals’ 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z “I was stealing everything I could and swindling everyone I could,” he said, “including my own family.” The Long Road to Recovery, and Then the Altar 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Soon after Fester settles in, his behavior raises eyebrows, and the ghoulish family discovers he is planning to swindle them. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘The Degenerates’ and ‘Busy Tonight’ 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Elsewhere around the country, there were more swindling victims, former cellmates, relatives of the missing, old classmates, and family members who all had something to say about the man. The making of the White City Devil: How H.H. Holmes became a serial killer legend 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z The swindle netted a trove of greasy-palmed politicians, but also charges of entrapment. Movie Review: ‘American Hustle,’ With Christian Bale and Amy Adams 2013-12-12T20:37:43Z The theater and a local promoter say they were swindled by individuals posing as Drake's manager, tour manager and even the artist himself. Theater: Impostors booked bogus Drake shows in Pa. 2011-04-05T12:46:08Z Among the pieces he consigned to Sotheby’s was a picture of a naive young gentleman being swindled at cards. Review | ‘Caravaggio’s ‘Cardsharps’ on Trial’ raises questions of artistic authenticity amid riveting courtroom drama 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z "For Aaron," Fincher says in the movie's press notes, "invention is somebody sitting alone in a room ... and for me, invention is swindling the right people ..." 'The Social Network': A Pie in the Facebook 2010-09-24T18:50:00Z But he’s been swindled: Every page of every book turns out to be blank. Autofiction for People Who Think They’re Sick of It 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The only swindle here is that the duo are not actually from Detroit, but from Amsterdam, which is hardly a deal-breaker, given that Motor City-inspired deep house runs through these guys' veins. Clubs picks of the week 2013-03-23T06:00:17Z Marla may be a court-appointed legal guardian for the elderly, but she swindles her wards out of their homes and income. "I Care a Lot" is a darkly amoral joyride for Rosamund Pike and Peter Dinklage 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z But the lands and funds lost as a result of guardianships were not restored nor did descendants of those swindled ever enjoy the benefit of their relatives' lands and monies either. The disturbing history of how conservatorships were used to exploit, swindle Native Americans 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z I remember feeling swindled once I returned to my normal, healthy weight and so did the familiar critiques. The last time I danced: What do you when the thing you love most doesn't love you back? 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z “What a swindle,” Conan Doyle wrote in 1888, soon after creating Holmes. Exhibition Review: A Sherlock Holmes Exhibition Stops in Ohio 2014-02-14T23:25:09Z When he confesses that he is really a gigolo who specializes in swindling lonely, mostly older, women, she pressures him to make her his business partner, and they become a team. Review: ‘Alleluia’ Follows Partners in Crime, but Not Necessarily in Love 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z A very fast read, the book follows a well-mannered pickpocket and serves as a guide of sorts to the dynamics of the city’s ancient markets — the swindling, the bargaining, the haggling for a deal. Read Your Way Through Cairo 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z They trip people, swindle them and steal their babies. "Carnival Row": Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne's fairy tale is fractured by competing narratives 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z In many others she reliably cusses and spits nails whenever she catches evidence of Smith swindling yet another woman while continuing to evade her. Showtime's alluring "Love Fraud" exposes the common con artist charming America's lonely women 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Doyle, whose record also includes a stint in federal prison for a $200,000 jewelry swindle in Tennessee, was paroled in December, records show. Co-owner of painting missing in NY ID'd as a thief 2010-09-02T01:36:00Z Generally, the film was seen as a swindle. Dead Sex Kittens: Farewell to Three Icons of Movie Eroticism 2011-02-10T08:10:00Z As he says, in describing how he managed to pull off such a spectacular swindle, “I kept quiet.” Critic?s Notebook: Madoff, Macbeth and Other Crooks, Onstage in Washington 2011-09-28T22:45:26Z Mutually smitten, they begin swindling desperate people who, unable to secure legitimate bank loans, hand over wads of cash in hopes of receiving bigger advances. Movie Review: ‘American Hustle,’ With Christian Bale and Amy Adams 2013-12-12T20:37:43Z Madoff built his fortune through trust, and swindled or lied to both far-off investors and those closest to him, including his wife, brother, and two sons. Über-villain Bernie Madoff: New miniseries gives the Ponzi scheme mastermind the lurid horror movie he deserves 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Still, by the time I got to the end of the book, I felt swindled. Book details workplace blind spots between sexes 2013-06-10T12:32:08Z That office pursued legal action last year on behalf of the banks Sorokin swindled. Experts: Cohen may profit from criminal exploits in tell-all 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z And so the band’s music was dangerous because of its very harmlessness; its success suggested that rock fans could be swindled or lulled into liking anything, meaning that the genre itself had been rendered obsolete. Our Hate Has Saved Nickelback 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z It’s loosely based on a true story, chronicled in a 2015 New York magazine article, and set in the years after the 2008 financial crisis — when far greater, white-collar swindles went largely unprosecuted. In ‘Hustlers,’ Jennifer Lopez steals money, and the show 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z But they are swindled by a lawyer and a bank manager and lose everything. Amid fresh meltdown, Argentine film gives last laugh to victims of... 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z After all the plastic melodramatics on EastEnders, this was a series that revelled in mundane minor victories over an absent landlord state: dole scams, housing benefit fraud, disability swindles. Rewind TV: Shameless; Episodes; Kidnap and Ransom; Human Planet ? review 2011-01-16T00:05:49Z “Fyre” hurls the swindle at its center like a bowling ball. ‘Fyre’ and ‘Fyre Fraud’ Reviews: Behind the Scenes of a Music Festival Fiasco 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z But court documents filed in connection with the case reveal that ambitious art swindles like this one depend on far more than an ingenious con operation or a gifted imitator. Selling a Fake Painting Takes More Than a Good Artist 2014-05-02T21:48:29Z For those of you who think that getting a PhD in indie music is just another rock'n'roll swindle, here are my credentials. Ask the indie professor 2010-07-13T10:44:00Z That's what's worrying – not the swindling of the insurance company, the obtaining of a passport under a false name, the stuff they actually went down for. Canoe Man and Who Needs Fathers? | TV review 2010-04-01T05:45:00Z To be sure, swindles occur all over the world, to every type of traveler. 10 common travel scams — and how to avoid them 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z In the movie, Affleck plays an online gambling tycoon in Costa Rica confronted by Timberlake, a graduate student who believes he's been swindled by the gaming site. Casinos to spin Timberlake, Affleck poker film as cautionary tale 2013-08-23T11:16:28Z Unfortunately, provisional or intriguing answers about Madoff’s moral opacity, not to mention the simple mechanics of his swindle, emerge only tangentially. Critic?s Notebook: Madoff, Macbeth and Other Crooks, Onstage in Washington 2011-09-28T22:45:26Z This doesn’t exactly make Marty and company a sympathetic bunch, except in comparison to the richer, dumber people they service and swindle. TV Weekend: Scenes from the Class Struggle, with Downton Abbey and House of Lies 2012-01-06T16:54:11Z In Caldwell’s telling, the Civil Rights Act, which banned many forms of discrimination, was a swindle. Did the Civil Rights Movement Go Wrong? 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z And, the suits claim, the federal government facilitated the alleged swindle by failing in its legal obligation to ensure the tribes got a fair deal. Land grab cheats North Dakota tribes out of $1 billion, suits allege 2013-02-25T19:43:00Z When it works, it’s the best kind of swindle — the kind where the marks don’t even know they’ve been played. Review: Con Men in Tap Shoes Lay Down ‘The Sting’ 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Actors, lawyers and criminals are all presented as part of the same showbiz swindle, and that musical feeds on the energy and expertise in practicing the art of deception. Theater Review | 'The Scottsboro Boys': Kander and Ebb Revisit an Infamous Case 2010-03-11T05:17:00Z Mr. Newman had been swindled by a fake check scam, in which fraudsters take advantage of the lag between when banks show funds are available in a seller’s account and when a check actually clears. The Artist John Newman Says a Fake Check Scam Cost Him $12,000 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Whatever you feel about the movie itself, you’re not getting swindled on the experience. Batman in 4DX with fake rain and added smells? Bring it on 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Huppert plays a filmmaker, based on Ms. Breillat, who, while recovering from a stroke, is swindled by a charismatic con man to whom she offered a role in her next movie. Isabelle Huppert, in All Her Glory, at the Metrograph 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Heidl may have cheated the banks, Ray points out, but the banks cheat everyone else, and perhaps they deserve to be swindled even more. A Novel Based on the True Story of a Con Man and His Ghostwriter 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Bush era, and the howling, raging, swindling likes of Roma, Moss and Levene felt like pointed snapshots of the 20th-century man. Alan Arkin Could Do It All. In ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ He Did. 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z It's all down to the great self-esteem swindle. I deserve it because I want it the most. Come on, Sugar! 2010-12-21T19:00:00Z STROUDSBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania theater says it's been the victim of a swindle by people posing as managers for rapper Drake. Theater: Impostors booked bogus Drake shows in Pa. 2011-04-05T12:46:08Z "Runner Runner," which owes its name to poker slang, follows Timberlake as a graduate student who goes to Costa Rica to confront an online gambling tycoon played by Affleck, who swindles him. In thriller 'Runner Runner,' Timberlake, Affleck explore gambling's underside 2013-10-02T18:21:17Z He finds his family being swindled out of their land, but then the dead start reappearing. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-08-19T23:08:01Z In Elmira, New York, a “rich farmer” was swindled by two “wealthy appearing men” who purported to be building a mill. An Immigrant Named Trump 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Upon emerging and attempting to get back in America's good graces, she learns that the people she swindled aren't so eager to forgive, or to forget. Melissa McCarthy comedy 'Michelle Darnell' slated for 2016 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Creek homes and crops were burned; Creek families were swindled, beaten, driven out, killed. When Freedom Meant the Freedom to Oppress Others 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Most bizarrely, the routine rested on a condemnation of art as an elite swindle, and modernism got it particularly hard. With Hannah Gadsby’s ‘It’s Pablo-matic,’ the Joke’s on the Brooklyn Museum 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z She meets a big-city con man who’s pretending to be a podiatrist — “Corn doctor,” the sign outside his office says — who then concocts a plan to swindle the desperate farmers. ‘Shucked’: A Broadway Musical That Doubles Down on the Corn 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z In this way, "Calliope" indicts men like Richard Madoc while granting benediction to everyone who feels swindled by those like him, figures who owe whatever image burnishing they gain to pilfered power. "The Sandman" retrofits an old story into a cautionary fable about opportunistic "male feminists" 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Her first big case involves the middle-aged American of the title, who travels to Ghana to track down whoever swindled him out of $4,000 in an Internet scam. Best thriller and mystery books of 2020 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z The infamous architect of an epic securities swindle that burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and earned him a 150-year prison term. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z He was robbed in one of the most famous cases of an artist's rights being swindled in history. ‘Proud Mary’ has a ‘Proud Mary’ Problem 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Our humanity and imperfections are entirely different from knowingly, actively swindling people for years,” another chimed in. Fitness influencer under fire for reportedly scamming clients 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z This puts someone in mind of those princely email swindles. Review: The Caper-Comedy ‘Gringo’ Is Staler Than Yesterday’s Tortillas 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The defendant “went from Nazi collaborator to folk hero” for swindling Göring. ‘The Art of Forgery,’ by Noah Charney 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Trumpery, like the verb to trump, involved some sort of cheating, swindling, hornswoggling, or bamboozlement. Trump really does stand for B.S.: “Trumpery,” an old-fashioned word that’s proving useful today 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Take the story of Leah, a quiet white woman living with her beautiful black man Michel, who lets a panicked stranger named Shar in the house one day — only to be swindled by her. 'NW': Zadie Smith's kaleidoscopic novel of London 2012-10-10T22:09:09Z This was the case between 1908 and 1934, when guardianships became a vehicle for the swindling of Native communities out of their lands and royalties. The disturbing history of how conservatorships were used to exploit, swindle Native Americans 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Not so, however, as, with a dastardly flourish, Lewis had replaced her Italian For Lovers DVD with one he'd made earlier, spelling out how he'd swindled her good and proper. Coronation Street: Tyrone and Fiz, the Bonnie and Clyde of the M6 2013-02-16T05:59:01Z They made a timeline of transactions, paintings, swindles and people; it ran to more than 100 pages. 'I got the guy!' My 17-year manhunt for a $50m art criminal 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z It’s a giddy thrill to see the Kims swindle and squeeze the Parks for all they’re worth, until, halfway through the movie, Bong ups the stakes by introducing a new layer of drama. Why Parasite should win the best picture Oscar 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z This story of a Wharton graduate who carried out the $5 billion swindle known as 1MDB offers a textbook case of financial fraud in the modern age. New & Noteworthy 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z It might be that swindlers need to swindle, that Jimmy/Saul isn’t alive unless he is ripping someone off and skirting the law. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 12 Recap: Hit the Road 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z But none of his siblings spent decades in a box, having been swindled by a cheap man whose talent level might be described at best, as middling. "The Sandman" retrofits an old story into a cautionary fable about opportunistic "male feminists" 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Edith’s grandmother was too proud to return home and admit she had been swindled. Edith Fellows, a 1930s Child Star Trailed by Dickensian Woes, Dies at 88 2011-07-03T00:58:59Z I’ve never been swindled by the lists at Eleven Madison Park or the NoMad, both under the care of Leo Robitschek, and the bars at Michael White’s restaurants are dependable, too. Highbrow House Cocktails That Aim Too High 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z His hands falter; his understanding of the swindle is incomplete. Best Theater of 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z But it is provocative simply in showing how trust is gained and kept, even after the swindled kids have understood their robbers’ motives. Ruben Ostlund’s ‘Involuntary,’ ‘Play’ and ‘The Guitar Mongoloid’ 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z “Any affable stranger who makes friendly offers is very likely to attempt to swindle you as soon as he can get into your confidence. Mind your own business,” he wrote. New York’s long history of police brutality: “Necessary force” goes all the way back to the beginning of the NYPD 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z The reason: The show swindled its fans at the end of last season. ‘The Walking Dead’: 7 Questions for the Season 7 Premiere 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The man was booked into the Stearns County Jail on a possible charge of theft by swindle. Pink Floyd poser arrested for theft by swindle 2013-05-01T19:07:23Z Others, however, see it as a swindle or deception. 'They called me the antichrist': JT LeRoy, Laura Albert and the literary hoax 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Usually, the man plays the two-timer, but in the film’s “don’t worry, it’s just business travel” swindle, it’s the woman who dares to have it both ways. ‘Madeleine Collins’ Review: A Duplicitous Mother 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Big Time in Hollywood, FL In this new series, two aspiring young filmmakers plan to swindle their parents out of $20,000. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Nashville: On the Record' on ABC 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The Aurora editor told tourists, too, of “various kinds of scamps who do business upon the inexperience of strangers . . . sojourners robbed, swindled, and perhaps beaten.” New York’s long history of police brutality: “Necessary force” goes all the way back to the beginning of the NYPD 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z For starters, obviously, Arana falls for the semantic swindle inherent in the notion of “Islamophobia.” We need a progressive debate on Islam: This is the right way to counter Donald Trump, and be honest about extremism 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z The 43-year-old Rosa “swindled buyers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars and risked a New York artist’s legacy through his forgery scheme,” Williams said. Fugitive sought in scheme to sell Raymond Pettibon forgeries 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The bolder the swindle, the more likely some of us are to buy in regardless of its impossibility, potential damage or its utter silliness. Elizabeth Holmes' all-American scam: HBO's "The Inventor" reveals the science of the con 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z In order to avoid going under, the partners of a firm swindle their clients by unloading their worthless derivatives. Sundance 2011: fewer stars, more ideas 2011-01-30T00:06:59Z It also seems oddly punctilious that an outlaw is always addressed as Señor Zorro and shocking that a Franciscan monk would be whipped in a public square for supposedly swindling a merchant. Review | Johnston McCulley dreamed up Zorro 100 years ago. The masked avenger is still a thrill. 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z His morals were forever at war with his principal talent — swindling people, for money or fun and sometimes both. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 13 Recap: Life 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Then he gets into the gray area that is swindling. Books of The Times: ‘Fooling Houdini’ by Alex Stone 2012-06-20T20:11:57Z Being swindled is not an objective state of affairs. This is what a pre-moon Speedmaster watch is worth 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z In the first, “Runner Runner,” he plays a Princeton student and online poker player who believes he was swindled out of his tuition money and goes after the site’s shady owner, played by Ben Affleck. T Magazine: The Enduring, Multigenerational Appeal of Justin Timberlake 2013-09-12T11:35:19Z In lectures he accused Matisse of “charlatanry” and the sale of Futurist paintings as “a gold brick swindle.” Restoring the portrait of an artist: How a new exhibition is giving William Merritt Chase his due 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z “Every single day, I get at least five opportunities to be swindled. I’m locked down so tight now, old friends can’t get through to me. Terrible situation to be in at 72.” Readers share tips and tales to boost your confidence against scammers 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z He swindled nearly $1.7 million by submitting bogus aid applications on behalf of businesses that existed only on paper, according to court records. COVID-19 fraudster used stolen relief aid to purchase a private island 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Constitution the middle finger, while continuing to swindle his supporters out of millions. Are Republicans "tough on crime"? That myth has turned dangerous 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The order also seeks to lessen the dangers of “deep fakes” that could swing elections or swindle consumers. Biden Issues Executive Order to Create A.I. Safeguards 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Meduri’s misfortune is just one example of how scammers are using Bitcoin ATMs to swindle victims out of thousands of dollars, fraud that law enforcement officials warn is on the rise. Scammers exploit Bitcoin ATMs. Will new California laws help crack down on fraud? 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Trump's schemes mostly involved swindling banks and insurance companies. The Donald Trump, George Santos, and SBF fraud cases expose the gullibility of rich conservatives 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Purlie has a con artist’s cheek, but he’s trying to swindle on behalf of his community. Review: Ossie Davis' 'Purlie Victorious,' back on Broadway, hasn't lost a farcical step 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z If he'd looked at the ticket he swindled to get on this ride, he might have seen that the bill comes due when the ride ends. Donald Trump's thrill ride is nearly over — but the media refuses to let go 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z "With so many people seeking properties online, scammers will look for opportunities to take advantage and swindle people out of their money," he said. Rental scam: I lost hundreds of pounds to a fake landlord 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Is everyone being swindled all the time and just not talking about it? You’ve Got (Scam) Mail 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z That fuelled speculation in Zambian media that some of the suspects might have sought to swindle gold buyers in a fake bullion scam. Zambia seeks to deny bail to five Egyptians, 6 nationals charged with spying 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z In the year since Bloom’s last arrest, D’Amore says she’s been contacted by others who say he tried to swindle them. 'Wall Street Whiz Kid' charged with running financial scams out of L.A. bars and luxury apartments 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z But there are additional swindles out there, including scams involving deception, distraction and petty theft. Traveling soon? Look out for these new tourism scams 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z But in a seemingly unrelated dispute, he lost an $84-million arbitration award to a former business partner, who claimed Yegiazaryan had swindled him, and was convicted in absentia of criminal fraud in Russia. A Russian exile won $200 million from a Putin crony. He could lose it all in U.S. courts 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Smyslov sidesteps one last swindle to claim a very impressive scalp: 41. There from the start: Fathers, children and chess 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z But all of the theft, big and small, illustrates an epidemic of scams and swindles at a time America was grappling with overrun hospitals, school closures and shuttered businesses. The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z But all of the theft, big and small, illustrate an epidemic of scams and swindles at a time America was grappling with overrun hospitals, school closures and shuttered businesses. The Great Grift: Five things to know about how COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Milosz Krasinski was on a road trip through Europe this summer when he fell for this swindle: At a gas station, he found a makeshift gift shop selling vignettes at a reduced rate. Traveling soon? Look out for these new tourism scams 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The slimy mechanics of L.A. government soon engrossed him, and in 1927, he was on the grand jury looking into the Julian oil swindle, which picked the pockets of prominent and ordinary Angelenos alike. They weren't caped crusaders, but these Angelenos fought corruption and won 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Anderson, the investors discovered, is a convicted con artist who started swindling people at least three decades ago. Fresh out of prison, Beverly Hills con artist launches $9-million hemp scam, FBI says 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z By James' tally, Trump ultimately swindled New York banks out of $250 million — and she wants Trump to pay up. A short guide to Donald Trump's many legal woes 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z The phone giant says other firms are "swindling" people by keeping them on rates that cover the cost of a handset, even after they have finished paying for the phone. Phone firms row over whether customers are overpaying 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Call it a swindle, but if the Russian claims the crown, this game could be the reason why. Chess title fight may be decided by a freeze and a bluff 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z This also speaks to the hollowness that all ideological language contains, to paraphrase Orwell, in its swindles and perversions, its slovenliness and vagueness. Right-wing story hour, part 2: Chaya Raichik and the Libs of TikTok saga 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z His rap sheet is extensive, and some of his crimes foreshadowed the alleged hemp swindle. Fresh out of prison, Beverly Hills con artist launches $9-million hemp scam, FBI says 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The offensive word in question was once an Americanism used to describe having been cheated, swindled or deceived. Whoopi Goldberg apologizes for using racially insensitive word on 'The View' — again 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z “But it was being paid through money swindled from different parts of India. The man in Pakistan would essentially get his embroidered clothes for free.” Online scammers find a fertile market in India as the internet spreads 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said Murdaugh killed them to gain sympathy and obscure his having swindled his law partners and clients out of nearly $9 million, adding that he’s since tried to “manufacture an alibi.” A dynasty broken: Alex Murdaugh found guilty of killing wife and son 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Tamara Dadyan, who fled to a resort in Montenegro to dodge more than 10 years in prison for a pandemic relief swindle, is extradited to the U.S. Woman who turned in Lady Gaga's stolen dogs — and got arrested — sues for $500,000 reward 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z He moved on to the oil investment swindle, which cost victims more than $9 million, according to prosecutors. Fresh out of prison, Beverly Hills con artist launches $9-million hemp scam, FBI says 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Prosecutors alleged that the 54-year-old killed his wife and son to gain sympathy and obscure his swindling of nearly $9 million from law partners and clients, and that he’s since tried to “manufacture an alibi.” Prosecutors argue Alex Murdaugh gave ‘new story’ in double-murder trial 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Authorities allege Murdaugh began a cycle of borrowing and spending in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, leading him to swindle nearly $9 million from his law partners and clients. Alex Murdaugh admits to lying, testifies he didn’t kill his wife and son 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z A heist, a fleece, a savage swindle — all seemingly fair descriptions of the Seahawks’ Russell Wilson trade last March. Is there any way Jamal Adams trade can still pay off for Seahawks? 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z The oil boom smudged its copybook when the Julian Petroleum swindle, with its Ponzi schemes and watered stocks, took down famous Angelenos and small-time investors. The Hollywood sign debuted 100 years ago in 1923, the year of L.A.'s 'Big Bang' 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z “Defendant Katrina Pierce is a lifelong thief and fraudster, stealing other people’s identities and swindling government programs since at least the 1990s,” he wrote. Woman Used Identities of Dead People to Defraud U.S., Officials Say 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Wilson also began swindling money from her twin sister Karen, who considered him a "member of the family", to invest in an alleged business. Love-Bombed: The fake firefighter who conned his way into hearts 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Much the cross-examination Thursday was spent delving in to the financial wrongdoing, with Murdaugh saying he was sorry to have swindled millions from people. Alex Murdaugh admits to lying, testifies he didn’t kill his wife and son 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z A mother and her three sons swindled their friends out of more than £300,000 in a property scam, a court has heard. Neath: Family took £300k from friends in property scam 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z The once-vaunted L.A. trial attorney accused of of swindling millions of dollars from clients was indicted by federal grand juries in two states. Before L.A. driver's alleged 'reign of terror,' he was accused of violence, threats of murder 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Tom Girardi, the once-vaunted Los Angeles trial attorney, was indicted by federal grand juries in two states on fraud charges amid allegations of swindling millions of dollars from injured and wounded clients, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Tom Girardi, disgraced former lawyer and L.A. power broker, indicted on fraud charges 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The unraveling of the life of Alex Murdaugh, a prominent lawyer, is at the center of a sprawling saga of mysterious deaths — including the killing of his wife and son — and allegations of multimillion-dollar swindles. Murdaugh Set to Face Trial Over Murder of Wife and Son 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z In a parallel civil complaint filed Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Wang and Ellison were “active participants” in what it said was Bankman-Fried’s scheme to defraud FTX investors and swindle its customers. Associates of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried plead guilty to criminal charges 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z "Small lies became big lies ... It was a swindle from the beginning," Bellenhaus told the court, saying he deeply regretted his involvement and the damage it caused. Wirecard witness admits guilt but pins German fraud blame on ex-CEO 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z In reality, Mr. Giblin, who is now 58, spent at least two decades swindling scores of women across the country out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to federal court records. Dating Scammer Who Swindled Women Sentenced to Five Years in Prison 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Since Cicero code is open for the public to explore, he said, rogue actors could copy it and use its negotiation and communication skills to craft convincing emails that swindle and extort people for money. Meta’s new AI is skilled at a ruthless, power-seeking game 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Prosecutors said fear of a fake family curse was used to swindle millions from the victim. Fortune teller and accomplice sentenced to prison and fined for fraudulent curse scheme 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z "It is proven that the defendants swindled state funds loaned by Credit Suisse and VTB which were supposed to be used to protect the special economic zone," the judge said during sentencing on Wednesday. Mozambique court finds former president's son, others guilty over $2 bln scandal 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z For example, Fields never forgot how a White sheriff had swindled his family out of land back in South Carolina. Review | A classic, tragic account of American incarceration 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z For more guidance, the Federal Trade Commission offers tips for how to avoid charity swindles, including Giving Tuesday scams. Don’t get scammed this holiday season. Here’s what to watch out for 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Voters who elected Republicans to fight inflation and gas prices might be feeling puzzled, if not swindled. Opinion | As Republicans take the House, the crazies take the wheel 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z With their ingenuity and knack for cooperation, people can produce a huge array of goods and services that other people can swindle, rob, adulterate, counterfeit, embezzle and destroy. Intuitions about justice are a consistent part of human nature across cultures and millennia 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z These cigars were a rebound revenue stream for an Armenian musician, a Beiruti immigrant living in New York, who felt he had been swindled out of the profits of a chart-topping composition. Bob Dylan on the Songs That Captivate and Define Us 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Chinese courts convicted the banking queen and others on charges of swindling more than 34,000 investors from whom they raised over $200 million. Covert operation? Globetrotting "con man" and "suspected spy" met with Trump at his golf resort 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Add to that forgery, swindling his ex-wife out of monetary support and operating under a false identity. Review | 3 great audiobooks to listen to this month 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since March 2021, after spending more than three years behind bars for swindling banks, hotels and friends to bankroll a posh lifestyle. Judge: Fake heiress can fight deportation on house arrest 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Though former friends accuse her of enabling Alan’s swindling, she swears she never really knew, or understood. Review | ‘The Complicities’ tackles the large and small ways we ignore misdeeds 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z U.S. prosecutors have accused him of an effort to swindle the military branch out of nearly $35 million through his firm, Glenn Defense Marine. ‘Fat Leonard’ caught in Venezuela after fleeing Navy bribery sentencing 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Council leader Adam Hug said: "The people selling overpriced and often out-of-date sweets are cheating the UK taxpayer and very often swindling their customers into the bargain." Oxford Street's US-themed sweet shops to face stricter rules 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Hsiao, of the Block Journal, agreed, but noted the money that bad faith actors swindle off people often isn’t enough to generate attention from government regulators. Queen Elizabeth II is dead but will live on as cryptocurrency 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Chau's syndicate is accused of having swindled casino operators by hiding the revenue and the actual amount wagered, which affected casino revenue and government tax income. Ex-Macau junket boss to appear in court on illegal gambling, crime syndicate charges 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z He admitted he swindled thousands of investors out of $460 million and was sentenced in 1997 to 20 years in prison. Officials confirm death of Jeffrey Epstein mentor Hoffenberg 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z He admitted that he swindled thousands of investors out of $460 million. Police believe person found dead was swindler Hoffenberg 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z The list of athletes who have been swindled by the people who are supposed to protect them is long. In world of non-guaranteed contracts and shady advisers, NFL rookies learn to manage money 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z At the time, the term “puritan” was a pejorative one; many people saw Puritans as holier-than-thou frauds who used religion to swindle their neighbors. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The former congressman was arrested by FBI agents and briefly jailed after the federal government unsealed an indictment accusing him of swindling at least $1.7 million from business partners and several companies Cox owned. Column: Indicted by feds, former California congressman cynically plays the anti-government card 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Her arrest has exposed a disturbing web of fraud that police say lasted years and involved alleged psychics to swindle artwork by some of Brazil's most emblematic painters. Brazilian woman swindled mother of more than $100 million in art, police say 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z There are many ways online thieves try to swindle you, including fundraising drives from “friends” whose accounts have been hacked, and illegal chain-mail appeals that are sometimes called “blessing looms” or “gifting circles.” Staying safe on social media: How to avoid online thieves and scams | Provided by 1st Security Bank 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z When the Justice Department and Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed complaints against a suspected Ponzi scheme by the company, they believed the swindle amounted to $59 million. Perspective | The FBI says it busted a big crypto Ponzi scam. It just got bigger. 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Two Chinese American businesspeople were charged Monday with funneling foreigners’ money into political donations that bought entry to an exclusive dinner with President Donald Trump so the duo could impress and swindle Chinese investors. Two charged for funneling foreigners’ funds into political donations 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z A group of farmers and unemployed youngsters have been busted for running a fake Indian Premier League, streaming staged cricket matches online and swindling Russian bettors out of thousands of dollars. Sideline Chatter: Doing a Yurchenko in the aisle probably would have cleared it up 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Making that point, ProPublica later reported early and often on Bannon’s ties to dark money and on all the suspect activities that resulted in the federal prosecutors charging him with swindling donors. Perspective | Steve Bannon might finally go to jail. We can hope. 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z It also can allow thieves to pretend to be you and swindle your unsuspecting friends. Staying safe on social media: How to avoid online thieves and scams | Provided by 1st Security Bank 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Police officials in Gujarat said over the weekend that they had broken up the scheme, which was run by four local men who had swindled thousands of dollars from Russian bettors for 14 days. It Really Wasn’t Cricket: the Strange Case of the Fake Indian Premier League 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z It’s unfortunate that scam artists have been around for centuries, cooking up new schemes to swindle people out of their hard-earned money. Watch out for these convincing financial scams | Provided by 1st Security Bank 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z In 2003, he was convicted as the leader of an international plot to swindle dozens of Chinese immigrants out of their life savings. He had a dark secret. It changed his best friend’s life 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Most of all, there is Harold Hill’s charismatic swindle, winning over those Iowans — and us. Review | This ‘Music Man’ wins us over in sign language 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Thus, the idea of the traveling salesman Hill swindling the locals into investing in a boys’ marching band, with the intent of skipping town before teaching them a note, held up as well. Olney Theatre reimagines ‘The Music Man’ with a deaf Harold Hill 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z "Parnas has - for years - lied and swindled and corrupted for his own benefit," prosecutors wrote. Ex-Giuliani associate deserves 6-8 years for campaign finance violation - prosecutors 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Draghi said it had not only spawned swindles but had also driven up costs because clients, knowing they would be reimbursed, had no need to bargain with builders over prices. Analysis: Italy's "drugged" construction boom hits a wall 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Prosecutors, meanwhile, have portrayed Balwani as a ruthless accomplice who helped Holmes swindle investors. Trial of former Theranos exec Sunny Balwani nears end 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The companies — which all purported to operate between the United States and United Kingdom — swindled more than $13 million from at least 150 people, federal investigators allege. Investors paid thousands for rare wines. It was a scam, feds say. 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z He also swindled seven people - including a relative - out of huge sums of money by encouraging them to invest in non-existent financial products. Ex-Surrey banker faked cancer as part of £1.8m fraud 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z "The people selling overpriced and often out-of-date sweets are cheating the UK taxpayer and very often swindling their customers into the bargain." Oxford Street: Tax investigation into US-themed sweet shops 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z A Los Angeles vendor on Amazon pleaded guilty Monday to swindling the online retailer out of more than $1.3 million over a span of nine years. Man pleads guilty to swindling Amazon out of $1.3 million in refund scheme 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z But even as he was representing her, he was also bilking her, a jury in New York concluded earlier this year, swindling her out of $297,500 from advance payments on a book deal. Michael Avenatti slapped with 4-year prison sentence for swindling Stormy Daniels 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z He teaches you various card tricks and cheats so the two of you can swindle people out of money. Playing Card Shark actually feels like cheating — in a good way 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z But the effort sputtered and Mr. Eshelman sued, claiming he had been swindled. A Big Lie in a New Package 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z You think that he’s being swindled, but he probably thinks that the blood panels and the white coats prove the treatments are genuine, and that you’re taking him for a fool. What Should I Do About a Friend’s Racist Figurines? 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Before long, though, Campbell took off for India, hitchhiking his way to the home of spiritual enlightenment — until, that is, he reached Istanbul, where he was swindled out of his small savings. Review | The tale of a dropout who found purpose in books, travel and just living 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z People shopping for funeral or cremation services may be particularly vulnerable to overpaying or being swindled, which is why experts say it’s important to be cautious when making those decisions. When Shopping for Funeral Services, Be Wary 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z So, he kept an eye on his bank account and again found out that someone had tried to swindle him. The stolen-mail scheme now targeting a wealthy D.C. suburb 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z "Inflation swindles the bond investor ... it swindles the person who keeps their cash under their mattress, it swindles almost everybody," Buffett said. Buffett says inflation an issue for Berkshire, it 'swindles almost everybody' 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z A Northern Ireland woman was swindled out of her life savings of £112,000 in a "devastating" romance scam, police have said. Romance scam: NI woman swindled out of £112,000 life savings 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Throughout, we see glimpses of gratuitous parties, learn of racial and class divides, and see the desperate get swindled by tech companies who promise the ability to upload memories. The video game of 2022 so far: 'Norco,' a masterpiece of interactive storytelling 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “It’s right there; everyone can see it. But I can’t touch it,” said Jenkins, still sounding a little dazed a few months after the swindle. An ex-cop fell for Alice. Then he fell for her $66 million crypto scam. 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z He’d been scammed, swindled and sucked into the maw of the money machine that is the below-deck professional basketball world and spit out without so much as a place to live. Hoop dreams don't die on his watch. Mike Creppy finds new life for players overseas 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z President Grant played no role in this swindle, but his personal friends and advisors were deeply implicated in others. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The leader of the Liberal Democrats said the Spring Statement had been a "total swindle" with the chancellor "giving with one hand and taking with another". Spring Statement: How have people received today's announcements? 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Ray was charged in 2000 by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn with taking part in a scheme in which mobsters and stockbrokers were accused of swindling investors out of $40 million. ‘Violence, Fear, Sex and Manipulation’: Sarah Lawrence Cult Trial Begins 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z When swindled customers, already upset to find themselves on the hook, search for other means of redress, many are enraged to find out that Zelle is owned and operated by banks. Fraud Is Flourishing on Zelle. The Banks Say It’s Not Their Problem. 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Texas, 1965, the Supreme Court reversed the conviction of an oil man charged with swindling investors and others out of millions of dollars. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Michael Driscoll, head of New York’s FBI office, said the men lied to investors to get them involved in the nearly $100 million swindle. Two UK executives charged in $100 million fine-wine scam 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z "It is a missed opportunity to defend the truth and protect the public from a large-scale election swindle by a convicted tax evader," left-wing Akbayan group said in statement. Philippines poll body dismisses petitions against Marcos Jr 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z "It no longer appears that this was an isolated incident but a targeted effort to swindle one of our most vulnerable populations: our elders." Florida prosecutor investigating after elderly voters registered as Republicans without consent 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Over two days of cross-examination, he questioned her about the allegations that he’d swindled her out of book proceeds - and about ghost stories she’d told for a possible show about the supernatural world. Michael Avenatti convicted of stealing from Stormy Daniels 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z There’s big money to be made, but a billionaire investor can get swindled just as easily as a newbie buying a tiny sliver of a single Bitcoin. It’s Hard to Tell When the Crypto Bubble Will Burst, or If There Is One 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Rumors swirl every time a new rule or regulation rolls out, and you can bet cybercriminals use that confusion to swindle people. It’s tax time – Easy ways to scan without a scanner 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z The 19th-century antisemites who were the forerunners to the Nazis believed Jews had the power to start wars, manipulate kings and swindle native people of their patrimony. Opinion | What an Antisemite’s Fantasy Says About Jewish Reality 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z In New York, Avenatti will stand trial later this month on allegations he swindled Ms. Daniels out of the money she earned from a book deal. Michael Avenatti files complaint against Bureau of Prisons 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Her self-improvement plan dated back to Ben Franklin but found its most indelible expression in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s creation of Jay Gatsby, the mysterious, alluring, handsome millionaire who also ran a few swindles. The epic rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z The jury deadlocked on charges related to other investors, and acquitted Holmes of swindling patients. U.S. jury's mixed Theranos verdict complicates Holmes' potential appeal -experts 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z There’s a can’t-turn-your-head-away car crash quality to many of these positions, and in a few you might even pick up a tactical swindling tip or two. Generous to a fault at the chessboard 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Indeed, jewelry dealer Louis Heimann was convicted of fraud for orchestrating a scheme that involved swindling Skala and another merchant out of precious objects worth millions of dollars. J.P. Morgan's million-dollar pocket watch vanished. The hunt for it became an obsession 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Migrants say they like not having to carry large amounts of cash and that this mode of payment reduces the risk of being swindled or robbed. Shadow payment system on rise among European people smugglers 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Another mayor stepped down amid allegations he had, in his own law practice, swindled a vulnerable client. 3 progressive candidates just changed politics in SeaTac — here’s how 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z “They’ve only dedicated themselves to their own businesses and swindling off state money ... while the people live as victims of misery and insecurity.” Honduras at crossroads in election to end corrupt rule of Juan Orlando Hernandez 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z But they’re also a common way for criminals to try to swindle you out of cash. 5 silly mistakes putting your online privacy and security at risk 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z She said they had been swindled out of $1,500 in Necocli, the main departure point in Colombia, by a man who passed himself off as a soldier who could transport their family to Panama. More migrants report sex abuse crossing Panama’s Darien Gap 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Wait until millions of abandoned houses and businesses are part of worthless ghost towns — and enjoy the biggest swindle the world has ever seen. Opinion | Rescuing the American Dream 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Instead, Mr. Lefcourt said, the two had taken money meant for business expenses and used it to pay off debts and finance their lavish lifestyles, essentially swindling Mr. Kukushkin. Lev Parnas, Ex-Giuliani Ally, Is Convicted of Campaign Finance Charges 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Joyce said Australia’s rural regions had been “swindled” under the Kyoto Protocol. Australian prime minister will attend Glasgow climate talks 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z That unraveling is now at the center of a sprawling saga of mysterious deaths — including the unsolved killing of Murdaugh’s wife and younger son — and allegations of multimillion-dollar swindles and abuses of trust and power. Unsolved Murdaugh murders expose years of South Carolina mysteries 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Boise City, which is closer to Denver than to the state capital in Oklahoma City, was founded in a swindle. Road to nowhere: Oklahoma's Donald J. Trump Highway runs through the Dust Bowl 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Authorities eventually determined that he had been murdered for threatening to testify against four individuals who had swindled him out of $100,000 in a scheme that involved the Mafia. Frances ‘Sissy’ Farenthold, lodestar for Texas liberals, dies at 94 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Last year, she sued her uncle, as well as other members of the Trump family, for allegedly swindling her out of an inheritance. "The walls are closing in": Mary Trump slams uncle after Donald Trump sues her, New York Times 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z “A company as big as yours, how much money has been swindled from ordinary people?” a woman said to Du Liang, identified by staff as general manager and legal representative of Evergrande’s wealth management division. Disgruntled China Evergrande investors crowd headquarters in protest 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z The problem was that the strongest state in the international order let itself be swindled by a terrorist organization. Opinion | What Trump’s Disgraceful Deal With the Taliban Has Wrought 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Correia pleaded guilty in October to, among other things, duping investors in Fraud Guarantee, which was supposed to offer a kind of insurance against financial swindles. Giuliani Associate Expected to Plead Guilty to Campaign Finance Charge 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z “A swindle of the most horrifying kind,” Hirschfeld says. Review | Al Hirschfeld: Drawing entertainers with pen and ink, elegance and wit 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z "You can be both," he said pointedly, hoping to dispel prejudiced assumptions that, he believes, cast showmen as outsiders, eager to swindle punters and cheat the system. Showman doctor: From travelling fairgrounds to the Covid frontline 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The African American press pointed out soon after the bloodletting that the sharecroppers had been slaughtered for contesting a form of slavery under which white overlords swindled them out of their earnings. Opinion | How the White Press Wrote Off Black America 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z I conveniently introduced myself to the van owner, and managed to swindle one to 'try' before he reached the players. Laughter, tears and treats - inside the camp with the Three Lions 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z And after they bounce around uselessly, they're hoping to swindle more of their obscenely rich friends into doing the same. No, billionaires won’t "escape" to space while the world burns 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z But the swindling of the Lion Air orphans and widows stands apart for its brazenness and for the role the missing settlement money played in Girardi’s downfall late last year. For widows, orphans cheated by Tom Girardi, 'Real Housewives' riches add to the pain 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z But few had ever bothered to get inside the mind of the shady functionary who swindled the public garbage fund. Spain Turns to Corruption Rehab for Officials Who Can’t Stop Stealing 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z For some swindled clients and unpaid vendors, however, the series is an offensive exercise in self-absorption and profiteering. The ‘Real Housewife’ under real scrutiny: Erika Girardi and the hunt for the missing millions 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z “I call on elected Democrats to stop swindling law-abiding citizens, put Americans first, and respect the sacrifice of hardworking taxpayers.” Cardona opens emergency grants to undocumented and international college students 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The Yandell family's "crash for cash" swindle went undetected for years due to the sheer number of people they roped into the scam. 'Crash for cash' insurance scam hotspots revealed 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Prosecutors will try to show that Correia swindled investors just like his critics say he smooth-talked voters into entrusting him with the city. Wunderkind ex-mayor to face jurors in fraud, bribery case 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Bernard Madoff, 82, the architect of an epic securities swindle that burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and earned him a 150-year prison term, died Wednesday in a federal prison in Butner, North Carolina. This week’s passages 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Madoff had engaged in the simple, ancient act of swindling. Bernard Madoff, mastermind of vast Wall Street Ponzi scheme, dies at 82 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z All the while, the financier was running a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme: the classic swindle in which early investors are paid with later investors’ money rather than actual profits on their investments. EXPLAINER: Charmed by Madoff, SEC later tightened its rules 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z They were relying on brokers who basically were banking on Madoff not being the swindle because of what he was. Bernie Madoff death caps unbelievably tragic 'mixed story': Gasparino 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z However, the total amount swindled by the campaign is likely far greater. "We will have to tell Trump you're a DEFECTOR": GOP rolls out creepy new fundraising campaign 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Maybe they all also work for newspapers and swindled their editors into letting them spend a day at the fair. What to expect from the drive-thru Washington State Spring Fair 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Fraud losses topped $3.3 billion last year — nearly twice the amount swindled a year before. Column: Scam victims may feel stupid. And ashamed. And that's perfectly normal 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z The intent, in part, is to help protect small investors from being swindled with pie-in-the-sky forecasts. How to Fix SPACs: Keep Their Backers Locked In Longer 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Bannon was charged last year with swindling the president’s own supporters over an effort to raise private funds to build the president’s wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Steve Bannon loses bid to start right-wing political academy in Italy 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z In 2009, disgraced financier Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty in New York to pulling off perhaps the biggest swindle in Wall Street history; he would be sentenced to 150 years behind bars. Today in History 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Kipp Baldwin, 60, of Bloomington, pleaded guilty earlier to theft by swindle and filing a false tax return. Ex-Minneapolis airport worker sentenced for stealing copper 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Curacao swindled these customers, state lawyers alleged, by refusing to sell goods at advertised prices and tacking on warranties, accessories, installation services, often without the customer’s knowledge or consent. Curacao stores reach settlement in lawsuit alleging it defrauded low-income people 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z The Con A man moves to Miami and pretends to be Prince Khalid bin al-Saud in an attempt to swindle a wealthy Florida real estate mogul and others out of millions in this new episode. What's on TV Wednesday: 'Chicago Med'; COVID-19 specials 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z There are several tried and true ways to avoid being swindled, though they’re also a bit time-consuming. A Bigger Risk Than GameStop? Beware the Ponzi Scheme Next Door 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Mr. Parnas for his role in Fraud Guarantee, the company he founded ostensibly to protect consumers from swindles. Lev Parnas, Giuliani Associate, Faces New Fraud Accusations 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z L. started going after scammers when a relative of his lost money to a tech-support swindle, a common scheme with many variants. Who’s Making All Those Scam Calls? 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z In a letter to lawmakers and others, they said Alabama is getting “swindled” and that new prison construction will not address the underlying problems in the correctional system. Uproar: Alabama governor to lease prisons, despite criticism 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z In a letter to lawmakers and others, they said Alabama is getting “swindled” and that new building will not address the underlying problems in the prison system. Ivey to sign leases for privately built prisons 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z At the last minute, President Donald Trump granted pardons to several individuals convicted in huge Medicare swindles that prosecutors alleged often harmed or endangered elderly and infirm patients while fleecing taxpayers. Trump’s pardons included health care execs behind massive frauds 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Most egregiously, Trump pardoned his longtime advisor Stephen K. Bannon, who had been charged with fraud and money laundering in an alleged scheme to swindle supporters of Trump’s border wall. Editorial Roundup: US 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z He was charged last year with swindling Trump supporters over an effort to raise private funds to build the president’s wall on the US-Mexico border. Biden inauguration: Trump to leave White House for Florida before ceremony – live 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Republicans are the ones who threaten a debt default and swindle Barack Obama into getting everything they want. Democrats can save themselves with this One Weird Trick: Reject the Trump census 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Now he's lining his pockets by attacking our elections and undermining our democracy — and swindling his supporters every step of the way. The real reason Trump won't concede 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z Financially vulnerable people seeking a piece of the American dream often end up swindled for money and property improvements, then booted on to the street. Divvy Homes Says Rent-to-Own Deals Work. Next Year Will Be a Test. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Nine district attorneys across California and a federal prosecutor on Tuesday made these allegations and called for Gov. Gavin Newsom to intervene to stop such unemployment swindling in California jails and prisons. California has sent COVID-19 jobless benefits to Scott Peterson, death row inmates 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Hmayakyan and others swindled more than 20 banks by obtaining credit cards using their own or phony identities. Southern California man sentenced for $5M bank fraud scams 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The hospitals allegedly swindled ordered one million N95 masks from At Diagnostics and, combined, paid more than $3 million for them, according to the complaint filed in U.S. Fraud charges filed against head of biotechnology company 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z To me, true trading philosophy isn’t about trying to swindle the other team or winning it. Mariners mailbag: How to follow all those top prospects playing fall ball 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z The Con In the new episode “The Heiress Con,” a woman claiming to be an Irish heiress swindles thousands of dollars from her friend. What's on TV Wednesday: 'The Conners' on ABC; World Series 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Archer was convicted in the same case for swindling investors and is awaiting sentencing. Hunter Biden’s business partner played key role in meeting between Chinese businessmen, Obama staff 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z “It is possible that in some cases, the Holy See, apart from being badly advised, was also swindled,” Guerrero said. Vatican releases financial figures, promises transparency 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z “Now it looks like two crimes have been committed here: one is Trump’s tax evasion, and two is whoever swindled Trump into paying $70,000 for what they did to him.” Stephen Colbert on Trump's hair: 'He spent $70,000 on that? He should've paid more' 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z There is art in a swindle so bold. Opinion | Trump’s con extends beyond his tax returns 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z The foundation is accused of swindling both students it promised to help as well as those who purchased tickets to fundraising raffles. Outsider status debated in New Hampshire Senate GOP primary 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z She was also sentenced in January in Hennepin District Court to three years’ probation and 180 days on home electronic monitoring for swindling the four individuals. Woman sentenced for helping to falsify robberies for visas 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Hell hath no fury like a disparate group of women swindled by the same dastardly con man in the new four-part true-crime series “Love Fraud.” What’s on TV This Week: The VMAs, 'The Boys,' 'Mulan' 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z But according to a federal indictment unsealed on Thursday, the men swindled donors, treating the more than $25 million they raised as a private piggy bank. How Bannon and His Indicted Business Partners Cashed In on Trump 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z But he has Barr at his side, an intelligent but dark-hearted man who has never hesitated to lie, cheat or swindle to secure Republican power. Trump's call to "delay" the election is a distraction — but it's also a serious threat 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Her protagonist is a talented con woman who swindles Ottoman nobles in 18th-century Cairo. Muslim women are building new worlds in science fiction and changing the confines of the genre 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z He was also frequently involved in civil disputes; in two cases, including one involving his own uncle, people claimed he tried to swindle them out of property, according to Global News Canada. Could Canada's worst mass shooting have been avoided? 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z After allegedly paying for the drug, the Americans realized they were swindled and didn’t receive it. Police partner at Americans’ murder trial recounts knifing 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z He once falsely claimed his own son had arranged to have him shot, and faces charges of trying to swindle his late son’s family out of several properties. Ex-professor found liable for misusung startups funds 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z "The New York Times building is located on land the Dutch colonists swindled from the native population They must abandon their stolen land and donate the proceeds to BLM," radio host Buck Sexton wrote. The New York Times slammed as 'woke police' for report targeting Mount Rushmore 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z In full swindle mode, Steffens never let his opponent have an easy move. Flimflam and the art of the swindle at the chessboard 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z While Betty opens her heart and home to him, Roy walks the most treacherous tightrope of his life as he hatches a scheme to swindle her. Movies on TV this week, June 7: Mary Poppins; Finding Nemo 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said Madoff used his firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, to swindle thousands of individuals, charities, pension funds and hedge funds, including many with ties to the Jewish community. Bernie Madoff fails in bid for compassionate release from prison 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z In 2001, at the height of the public obsession with “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,” a British army major named Charles Ingram and his wife, Diana, apparently swindled the British game show. What's the true story of Charles and Diana Ingram's 'Millionare' game show scam? 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Securities and Exchange Commission in New York, where he is accused of swindling investors in his company of tens of millions of dollars in order to support his lavish lifestyle. Film producer charged with paying credit cards with coronavirus funds, defrauding investors 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Kxg4 is winning — the full, glorious swindle comes into focus on 42. Flimflam and the art of the swindle at the chessboard 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z However, it’s possible to both save money and not get swindled when buying refurbished products. How to buy refurbished gadgets 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Our future depends not only on the work of scientists but on the efforts of governments to stop democracy turning into a swindle. Beware a new wave of populism, born out of coronavirus-induced economic inequity | Nick Cohen 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Vang was charged in 2017 with six counts of theft by swindle for allegedly duping several members of the Hmong community into investing in a nonexistent ginseng farm, the Star Tribune reported. Woman arrested in ginseng scam after 2 years eluding arrest 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Moreover, people are being swindled of their money, a deputy city attorney wrote in a complaint lodged against Yikon Genomics, alleging it violated, among other laws, California business codes that forbid false and misleading advertising. An FDA-approved coronavirus home test kit? That's false, L.A. authorities say 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z But Black used White’s own overconfidence against him with one last, amazing swindling idea: 49…Qd1! Flimflam and the art of the swindle at the chessboard 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The elements of deception and manipulation in Ms. Floren’s saga sound familiar to those knowledgeable about the rise of online romance swindles. When Romance Is a Scam 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z His daily journey before the White House cameras is no different from any of his other swindles, and his “briefings” should be treated with the contempt they deserve. Opinion | Trump’s quarantine con should be the breaking point 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z He admitted to swindling thousands of clients - both high profile and those of lesser means - over decades. Bernie Madoff billion-dollar ponzi scheme and what he wants now: Everything you should know 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Gone are the college dropouts promising to revolutionize healthcare, the phony socialites swindling free rides on private jets, the sitcom actresses buying their kids into top universities in order to “build their brand.” Meet the new star of your scam obsession: the working stiff 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z For many American chess fans, the history of the chess swindle begins and ends with Frank Marshall. Flimflam and the art of the swindle at the chessboard 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said Madoff used his firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC to swindle thousands of individuals, charities, pension funds and hedge funds, including many with ties to the Jewish community. U.S. opposes releasing a dying Bernard Madoff from prison early 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z His interest piqued, Hernandez clicked on the post, which linked to a story in a Jacksonville, Fla., newspaper about a small circle of scammers who swindled McDonald’s for more than a decade. 'McMillions' isn't your usual true crime docuseries. Here's how they made it 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z The woman still didn’t believe that she was being swindled, but after Singh pleaded with her to reconsider, she agreed to stop at the Roseville Police Station with him, police said. Cab driver saves 92-year-old woman from $25,000 scam, police say 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Each owner is charged with two counts of insurance fraud/embezzlement and one count of theft by swindle. Former Maplewood funeral home owners accused of embezzlement 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Police in Arlington released home surveillance video of a man they believe to be Bell attempting to swindle another senior citizen for $1,200. Texas man cons Vietnam vet out of $17G in roof repair scheme, wanted for similar crime, police say 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Madoff pleaded guilty in 2009 to 11 federal counts in a fraudulent investment scheme involving billions of dollars, admitting he swindled thousands of clients over decades. Madoff seeks prison release, citing terminal kidney failure 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Madoff pleaded guilty in 2009 to 11 federal counts in a fraudulent investment scheme involving billions of dollars, admitting he swindled thousands of clients over decades. Madoff seeks prison release, citing terminal kidney failure 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Parents subsequently sued, arguing they had been duped and swindled by program owners. Does science support the "wilderness" in wilderness therapy? 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z He called the plan a “wicked swindle” and said it was “so crooked, it smells in high heaven.” The end of Seattle’s streetcars was the beginning of the city’s uncertain transit future 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z A glamorous, seductive British woman joins forces with a cunning and fun-loving Australian woman to swindle a young and naive tech billionaire in the South of France. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z It could happen - there has been buzz around her role as the mastermind of a ring of women who drug and swindle rich men at strip clubs in Hustlers. What to look out for in the Oscar nominations 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Because if we don’t, as Roger Goodell is my witless witness, these swindling, cheating, scamming, preening Patriots are going to win another Super Bowl. Perspective | Predicting the end of the Patriots’ dynasty? Don’t get your hopes up. 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z A 38-year-old Santa Clarita woman was sentenced to five years in county jail after she attempted to swindle the popular wedding website The Knot twice. Santa Clarita woman gets 5 years in jail for trying to defraud wedding website The Knot 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The Long Island real estate broker was reportedly tortured by a group of seven individuals hired by a business partner who said Vigliarolo had swindled him in a real estate deal. Rikers 2.0: inside the battle to build four new prisons in New York City 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z On probation for fraud, he allegedly swindled again. She had no idea her home could be stolen. Then she read her junk mail. 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z “It is extraordinary that Gracey continued swindling investors even after being served with a federal restraining order,” said Assistant U.S. Anatomy of a fraud: Fake billionaire’s $6 million scams claimed dozens of local victims 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z A grand jury indicted Khan in 2015 for allegedly swindling $1.7 million from one bank through nearly two dozen loans, but investigators later identified at least 75 more victims. One of FBI's Most Wanted fugitives offers surrender 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z A con man and his crew swindle a gangster’s accountant, then try to repay him by stealing from a crooked banker. Movies on TV this week: 'Casablanca,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'The Terminator' and more 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z They were so desperate to fund their lavish lifestyle, prosecutors say, the couple swindled more than a half-million dollars from banks, relatives and others. Ex-Hawaii police chief, prosecutor-wife to admit more crime 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z In October 1873, one of its original members demanded the expulsion of another member for swindling. Can marketplace science be trusted? 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Byas was among 60 homeowners the two men, along with five other accomplices, were accused of swindling. Why Black Homeowners in Brooklyn Are Being Victimized by Fraud 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The Music Man Broadway’s Adam Pascal heads the cast of 5-Star Theatricals’ staging of the classic Meredith Wilson musical about a con man who tries to swindle the good people of a small Iowa town. Theater in L.A. this week: 'Lady Day,' 'Little Shop' and more 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z We need to stop asking why voters believe populists’ untruths and why they let themselves be repeatedly swindled by them – because they don’t and they aren’t. Why Europe’s new populists tell so many lies – and do it so shamelessly | Catherine Fieschi 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The racketeering and the most serious swindling counts carry maximum potential penalties of up to 20 years in prison. Ex-care center owner charged with manslaughter, racketeering 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Without science, swindling would be more common, he argued. Can marketplace science be trusted? 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Hunter was arrested in 2017 for allegedly swindling a resident in a convenience store sale. Ex-Minnesota mayor suing officers who arrested him in 2017 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z A scheming Chicago street cleaner corners the match market, swindling a movie star on the way. Movies on TV this week Sept. 15, 2019: 'Alien,' 'Aliens' and more 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z It’s loosely based on a true story, chronicled in a 2015 New York magazine article, and set in the years after the 2008 financial crisis - when far greater, white-collar swindles went largely unprosecuted. In ‘Hustlers,’ Jennifer Lopez steals money, and the show 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z As Krist points out, while all three were outsized dreamers who raked in measurable success, they also “all had elements of the swindle about them.” These stories explain L.A.'s dazzling rise 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Most of the swindles featured impostors posing as soldiers. They Posed as Soldiers in Love. Over 30 People Lost $2.1 Million. 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The scammers — who swindle American citizens into sending money or divulging their bank account information — are well financed and capable of building armories to battle their competitors. One Handgun, 9 Murders: How American Firearms Cause Carnage Abroad 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Mother and daughter con-artists try to swindle a cigarette tycoon, but things go wrong when one falls in love. Movies on TV this week Sept. 15, 2019: 'Alien,' 'Aliens' and more 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z They didn’t lose their money because they were swindling money from other people, or it was like tax evasion or anything. Eugene Levy and his son Dan find 'Schitt's Creek' is not such a bad place to be 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Still a teen-ager, Barnum was sent to clerk at a general store outside Bethel, where he staged his earliest recorded swindle. What P. T. Barnum Understood About America 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z She later lost millions in a swindle masterminded by two trusted advisors — her psychiatrist and her lawyer. Gloria Vanderbilt, heiress, socialite and fashion entrepreneur, dies at 95 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Such calls are common, widely documented scams that seek to swindle vulnerable foreigners, who may surrender their private data out of fear their families and homes are at risk. Robocalls are overwhelming hospitals and patients, threatening a new kind of health crisis 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z In 1999, prosecutors called him something else: a criminal, for swindling Japanese corporate investors. Cult economist jailed for hiding rare coins says the coins are his now 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z She kidnapped babies, swindled unsuspecting men and women who fell under her thrall. ‘The Queen’ was kidnapper and a grifter — but her welfare scam made her a symbol 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z It was Marquez’s son who, after receiving his father’s text, was sharp enough to check online and see if this was a swindle. The bogus-check scam is back, in the form of a car-wrap offer 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z The criminals use both old-fashioned and new-technology tactics to swindle their marks in schemes based on digital currencies exchanged through online databases called blockchains. How cryptocurrency scams work 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Summitt said those callers sought to swindle physicians into surrendering critical information that might make it easier for scammers to obtain prescription drugs fraudulently. Robocalls are overwhelming hospitals and patients, threatening a new kind of health crisis 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Even on her way to prison, even after a jury convicted her of swindling almost everyone she knew and a judge accused her of running “a big scam,” Anna Sorokin was sticking by her story. A Fake Heiress Called Anna Delvey Conned the City’s Wealthy. ‘I’m Not Sorry,’ She Says. 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z “No Good Nick” is a Netflix series about a teen who cons a family into taking her in by posing as a hard-luck relative, all while plotting to swindle them out of lots of money. What to watch with your kids: ‘Pokémon: Detective Pikachu,’ ‘No Good Nick’ and more 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z A fake German heiress who swindled tens of thousands of dollars from New York banks and hotels is set to learn her punishment. The Latest: Fake German heiress gets 4-12 years in prison 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z White planters tried to swindle them out of land and take their cattle. Anthony and Mary Johnson were pioneers on the Eastern Shore whose surprising story tells much about race in Virginia history 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z State lawmakers who heralded the 2017 compromise as a breakthrough for victims now say they were swindled. When Maryland gave abuse victims more time to sue, it may have also protected institutions, including the Catholic Church 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z You don’t even have to buy into sovereign dogma to get swindled. How Sovereign Citizens Helped Swindle $1 Billion From the Government They Disavow 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z A day later, he pleaded guilty in Scott County District Court to 19 state felonies, including theft by swindle and embezzling public funds. Former school superintendent sentence to 2 years for bribery 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Erickson’s February indictment involving the alleged swindling of various Dakota investors had been cast by prosecutors as unrelated to the Butina foreign agent case. True love? The Russia investigation's remarkable romance 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Around that same time, a significant number of uneducated but daring Igbo men found infamy and fortune by swindling westerners of millions through advance fee fraud, known locally as 419 scams. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z “My behavior amounted to swindling their well-meaning hearts.” Chinese Entrepreneur Takes On the System, and Drops Out of Sight 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z DeCoster had a long history of paying fines worth millions of dollars for animal cruelty, falsifying records, swindling contractors and polluting – without much impact on the way he did business. How America’s food giants swallowed the family farms 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z He was accused of swindling 15 investors and corporate lenders when he operated investment firms in Chicago. Business digest: U.S. oil imports fall to lowest level in 23 years 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Authorities say he swindled 15 investors and corporate lenders when he operated investment firms in Chicago. Chicago federal jury convicts investment manager of fraud 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z A woman in Northern Kentucky is facing felony charges after she allegedly faked a cancer diagnosis and ultimately swindled thousands of dollars from coworkers and other sympathizers in donations. Kentucky woman arrested after allegedly faking cancer diagnosis, raising $10G in donations: report 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z In December, a Chicago-based investigation called “Operation Gold Phish” led to the arrest of nine people who allegedly operated several different swindling schemes, including romance scams. Here’s how a ring of romance scammers tricked victims into falling in love 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Had someone he swindled hired an assassin to kill him? He Played by the Rules of Putin’s Russia, Until He Didn’t: The Story of a Murder 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z In his book, Hecht recalls the local-journalism obsessions in the nineteen-tens and twenties—spectacular crimes and municipal frauds, a general atmosphere of license, exploitation, and swindle. The Great Hollywood Screenwriter Who Hated Hollywood 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z It’s not difficult to view hustle culture as a swindle. Why Are Young People Pretending to Love Work? 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z But perhaps the biggest swindle revealed by the shutdown is Republican officials’ commitment to the “dignity of work.” Opinion | Turns out Republicans don’t care about the dignity of a paycheck after all 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z “To anyone but a bankruptcy court, this looks like a swindle.” As a grocery chain is dismantled, investors recover their money. Worker pensions are short millions. 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z “If you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall, plain and simple,” Schumer said, accusing Trump of supporting an inefficient wall that would end up “swindling the American taxpayer.” Shutdown to stretch on until at least Thursday as Senate adjourns with no deal over budget, Trump’s border wall 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Ashley Bemis, 28, was arrested Tuesday for swindling money and items from people who believed they were helping firefighters battle the Holy Fire in August, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. California woman faked firefighter husband to collect more than $2G in donations, police say 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Seniors and their families need to talk more, not less, about the growing finesse and fierceness of 21st-century swindles, including fraudulent home repairs, phony sweepstakes, fake jury summonses and, yes, “sweetheart” scams. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z When that failed, he set out to swindle companies out of money by tricking them into thinking he could provide access and insight. Court filings directly implicate Trump in efforts to buy women’s silence, reveal new contact between inner circle and Russian 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z A year later, Smith pleaded guilty in Rice County District Court to theft by swindle, a felony. Homeless good Samaritan GoFundMe scam reveals risks of falling victim to fake crowdfunding campaigns 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z He was accused of swindling investors in a ticket reselling business. Wednesday’s Sports in Brief 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Carton was accused of swindling investors in a ticket reselling business. Former WFAN radio host Craig Carton convicted of fraud 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The swindling affected key services, including waste collection, the upkeep of parks and refugee reception centres, for years. Will the far right clean up as Rome crumbles? 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z The longtime co-host of WFAN’s “Boomer and Carton” show went on trial Tuesday on charges that he swindled investors in an entertainment ticket reselling business. Trial begins for sports radio voice Craig Carton 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z A newspaper story detailed a lawsuit filed by a man who believed that he’d been swindled by a map dealer. 1836 map created for Houston city founders goes on display 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Entertainment, alleging that devious business partners took advantage of his declining eyesight to swindle him. Stan Lee addresses allegations that his daughter abused him 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z When the case went to court in 2012, South African prosecutors described Mr. Lemtongthai as the mastermind behind “one of the biggest swindles in environmental crime history.” How to Stop Poaching and Protect Endangered Species? Forget the ‘Kingpins’ 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The figures demonstrate the impact of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ new policy of tiered relief, in which students swindled by for-profit schools are compensated based on their earnings after the program. Full loan relief rare for students at for-profit colleges 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z The figures demonstrate the effect of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' new policy of tiered relief, in which students swindled by for-profit schools are compensated based on their earnings after the program. Under Trump, full loan forgiveness is rare for swindled students of for-profit colleges 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z The data demonstrate the impact of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ new policy of tiered relief, in which students swindled by for-profit schools are compensated based on their earnings after the program. Under DeVos, full loan relief rare for for-profit students 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z The data demonstrate the impact of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ new policy of tiered relief, in which students swindled by for-profit schools are compensated based on their earnings after the program. Under DeVos, full loan relief rare for for-profit students 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z In early August, swindled investors from throughout the country planned a protest outside the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission in Beijing to demand repayment. Chinese anger grows as ‘get rich quick’ investment schemes go bust 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Aware that Yankee buyers in Europe were being treated as easy marks, Forbes saw that, if he was to avoid being swindled, he needed to educate himself in the material construction of Old Master paintings. Treasures from the Color Archive 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z He’s a”good man,” Trump said of the man now convicted of swindling millions of dollars from the Treasury and committing multiple counts of bank fraud. Opinion | It could be Trump’s worst day, ever: Manafort guilty on eight counts 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The internet is a global gathering of strangers and money, which means that a fraud, a trick, a swindle, a grift or a graft is obviously never far. Farhad’s Week in Tech: Bitcoin and the Scams Under Everything 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z According to the president, the liberal world order is a con job — he insists America is paying too much and being swindled by its friends. Opinion | The Trump Doctrine Is Winning and the World Is Losing 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z He specialized in white-collar crime, tax and antitrust cases, financial fraud, and home repair and improvement scams in which low-income homeowners were swindled. Seymour Glanzer, an original Watergate prosecutor, dies at 91 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z But Malaysia’s new government faces an awkward problem: How far should it pursue the companies that played a supporting role in one of the world’s largest-ever financial swindles? New 1MDB Probe Risks Peeling Back Corruption Built Up Over Decades 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z And when the growth of these financial swindles turns into a big tumor on the economy, an expensive and painful readjustment will inevitably follow. Freeing predators to bilk little people hurts everyone 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Trump’s whole business career was littered with broken promises — in other words, swindles. Opinion | Trump is a grifter, same as ever 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Many banks are on the brink of insolvency, in part because of pyramid schemes that swindled millions of poor Iranians. Mullahs rig the price of moolah in Iran 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z To many, the dairy farm project appeared to be a swindle from the beginning. ‘They Eat Money’: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z He has confessed to swindling the Navy out of $35 million and bribing scores of officers. How ‘Fat Leonard’ affected Pentagon’s pick to lead Joint Chiefs 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Worner is charged in a five-count complaint with felony theft by swindle. Man accused in police vehicle swindle to plead guilty 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z "I feel bad for the musicians submitting to play," she continued, "because they're getting swindled." Meg Remy's provocative pop of U.S. Girls dances against systemic injustice 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Prosecutors say he swindled three out-of-state customers, led illegal hunts and ripped off customers. Iowa man imprisoned for scamming out-of-state hunters 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z It takes front to pull off a free-meal swindle, and I’m an admirer of gall. Read an excerpt from Elizabeth Bear’s next steampunk adventure Stone Mad 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z In the latest batch, the I.R.S. tells us that many swindles begin with a threatening phone call from the agency. The I.R.S. Really Doesn’t Want to Hear From You 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z “African Americans who achieved wealth were often attacked, demonized or swindled out of their wealth,” Wills writes. Inspirational tales in ‘Black Fortunes’ shatter myths about blacks and money 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Later, Mr. Rapp told The Post, he was swindled by a producer who netted more than $100,000 in royalties and took ownership of his music. Tom Rapp, frontman of ’60s psychedelic band Pearls Before Swine, dies at 70 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z The circumstances surrounding them suggest that claims of customers being swindled are exaggerated. How to ensure Ryanair foots the bill for flight delays 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z The perpetrators of these ancient swindles, some of them featured in this gallery, have faces that are faintly familiar at first, but then they seem to grow more and more recognizable. Cheats, Swindlers and Ne’er-Do-Wells: A New York Family Album 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z “The people swindled here were James Risen and Matt Rosenberg,” the CIA said in a statement Saturday, naming the authors of The Times and Intercept reports, respectively. NSA used Twitter account to tweet secret messages meant for Russian seller: Reports 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z And in Nashville, investigators had no meaningful statistics on a nasty new swindle of the digital age: the “cheating husband” email scheme. An ‘Iceberg’ of Unseen Crimes: Many Cyber Offenses Go Unreported 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z In one recording, Freeman boasts that Pilot Flying J CEO and Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam “loved it” when the sales team swindled customers. Prosecution rests in Pilot Flying J trial in Tennessee 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Over the next several weeks, D.C. police said, the psychic swindled him out of nearly $15,000, virtually emptying his bank account. Police say psychic swindled man out of savings and then sought more 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Sir Harry Vane of Her Majesty’s Lights — a suave British commoner who liked to swindle money from the wealthy belles he bedazzled. Cheats, Swindlers and Ne’er-Do-Wells: A New York Family Album 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Even the “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase would have cackled at the swindle. Are you ready for some wrestling? WWE’s ‘Raw’ marks 25 years 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Social media is rife with cautionary tales of ripoffs and swindles, often involving scenic — but unsolicited — drives past Rome’s historic sights or taxi meters that spin faster than they probably should. For Rome’s Taxi Drivers, Lessons in Courtesy and Cultural Savvy 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Longtime U.S. champion Frank Marshall was legendary for his late-game swindles, saving a hopeless position with an ingenious stratagem just when all seemed lost. A Hail Mary leads to answered prayers at the chessboard 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z A Ponzi scheme is a swindle offering unusually high returns, with early investors paid off with money from later investors. India likens cryptocurrencies to Ponzi scheme, cautions investors 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Last year, after ITT Technical Institute shut down, Mr. Malone filed a claim with the Education Department, saying that the institution swindled him of nearly $50,000 of his grant through the G.I. For Students Swindled by Predatory Colleges, Relief May Only Be Partial 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z A plight best captured in this tweet following the Stanton swindle: This sad tweet sum up the pathetic existence of the Miami Marlins - Golf Digest 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Jackley says the scammers are making a “relentless number of calls” and use threats to quickly swindle cash from seniors. South Dakota attorney general warns of ‘grandparents scam’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z In my own experience, a successful chess swindle requires a good poker face in order not to tip off your overconfident opponent that something if afoot. A Hail Mary leads to answered prayers at the chessboard 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z A Ponzi scheme is a swindle offering unusually high returns, with early investors paid off with money from later investors. India likens cryptocurrencies to Ponzi scheme, cautions investors 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Attorney Scott E. Bradford said in federal court Thursday that they repeatedly swindled the victim for more than three years. Couple who bilked retiree out of $3 million headed to prison 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Jurors previously heard secret recordings of Freeman boasting about how Haslam “loved it” when the sales team swindled customers. Testimony: Feds targeted Jimmy Haslam in raid but fell short 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z There’s nothing the forgotten man, thus swindled by Trump, can do now to keep big banks from regaining the upper hand over consumers. Opinion | Note to Mick Mulvaney: Donuts do not a CFPB director make 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z “The storage battery is, in my opinion, a catchpenny, a sensation, a mechanism for swindling the public by stock companies,” wrote Thomas Edison in 1883. Batteries Are Taking Over the World 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z I am appalled by the televangelists living in luxury that would make the Renaissance Popes blanch, by swindling unsophisticated people of modest means. Opinion | Is There an Evangelical Crisis? 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z To distract from his and his family's crooked, dirty swindles. Donald Trump Jr. Communicated With WikiLeaks During Campaign 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z As with so many swindles, the stalemate motif takes a starring role. Tricks lead to chess treats as lost souls rise from the dead 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Many suspects will be charged with fraud or theft offences but there's no breakdown on how many of those were related to online swindles. Reality Check: Minister's claim on cyber-crime unpicked 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z This snapshot of an undead goth woman whose blood turns from red to blue and will likely “swindle your heart” comes with a warning. California Sounds: Hear 13 Los Angeles songs that'll scare the bejesus out of you 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Get their advice on how to spot and prevent a senior swindle. Perspective | Equifax breach may mean scammers can target more seniors 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z To distract from his and his family's crooked, dirty swindles. Donald Trump Jr. Communicated With WikiLeaks During Campaign 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z They’re called “swindles,” but in reality, games like the one offered here show true chess fighting spirit. Tricks lead to chess treats as lost souls rise from the dead 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Martin Dingle Wall stars as drug-dealing drunk Warren, who’s making one last effort at redemption by swindling his fellow criminals, getting clean, and moving to Mexico to find his long-lost daughter. Thriller 'Happy Hunting' has a bloody good time taking aim at societal hypocrisy 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Sadi was more convinced than ever that the woman in whom he’d placed his trust was the same woman who had been accused of the big swindles in Colombia. She told them she was Hugo Chavez’s ex-wife and worked in the White House. And she’d make them rich. 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Ms Ho says the Chinese swindles are distinct from frauds typically seen in Western societies due to the lack of sophistication of the investors involved. China hit by financial scam 'epidemic' 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Now that Seattle is being wooed with not one but two privately financed arenas, it exposes the great stadium swindle’s biggest con. Calling baloney on all that: Our town naysayer was right all along about the stadium swindle 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z And it takes a certain panache to carry off a good swindle. Tricks lead to chess treats as lost souls rise from the dead 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z They will think of him as the fighter who swindled them not once, but twice, as he collected a combined $600 million. Fans will be the losers, again, of Floyd Mayweather's latest extravaganza 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z When a headhunter told Hao about a job in Africa that would pay more than $6,000 a month, Hao figured it was a swindle. Is China the World’s New Colonial Power? 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z As Maximo tries to instill in Hugo the values of “gaming” girls, Maximo remains on the prowl for the next biddy to swindle. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘How to Be a Latin Lover’ a hilarious romp 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z A woman has to be perfect at all times; a man can cheat, swindle, lie, hate, incite violence, assault women, and commit treason fairly openly, and yet nobody will constrain him, not even law enforcement. Comey Tried to Shield the F.B.I. From Politics. Then He Shaped an Election. 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Washington and other states without a specific financial exploitation crime on the books typically treat such swindles as ordinary theft — similar to grabbing someone’s purse on the street — and penalties are less severe. Declaring War on Financial Abuse of Older People 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z He learned about call-center swindles a few years later from friends, and decided to replicate the model on a large scale, enlisting dozens of school friends, Mr. Trimukhe said. Indian Man Accused in Multimillion-Dollar Call-Center Swindle Is Held 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z “We urge everyone to be on the lookout for scammers who might use this program as a cover to swindle taxpayers,” she said. IRS is about to start using private debt collectors 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Lawsuits accuse him of swindling investors from Hawaii to Mexico to Florida. I was sent Donald Trump's 2005 tax return. We need the rest – right now | David Cay Johnston 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Under Obamacare, the young were unwilling to be swindled and refused to sign up. Opinion | The real world of Obamacare repeal 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z I felt swindled by a chuckling, hooded Old Man in a black cloak who promised me a paraglider to get around the vast world of Hyrule if I found a spirit orb for him. Review | ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ review: Unusually, hauntingly engrossing 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z If Machiavelli did send the Medici The Prince, which seems unlikely, he could not have expected them to take its “advice” – to bribe, swindle, and assassinate one’s way to power – as gifts of friendly wisdom. Have we got Machiavelli all wrong? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z In other words, Democrats led by President Obama swindled poor Americans into this disastrous program with their usual host of lies and false promises and now these good people are stranded. Trump speech to Congress leaves Democrats befuddled, in ruins, with question marks 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Imagine the struggle when an employee swindles over $300,000 from the business. Golf course forced to sell off land after gambler steals $330,000 from club - Golf Digest 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Tobacco farmers who say they were swindled out of $24 million filed a lawsuit that has been kept nearly entirely sealed for years. Mexico, Syria, Trump: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z In true Dickensian style, Whitman appears to settle old scores in the book: the writer’s father was also swindled by a New York lawyer. Walt Whitman's lost novel The Life and Adventures of Jack Engle found 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z The victim, a divorcee from Munich, said she lost £130,000 in an internet swindle. Munich woman scammed out of £130,000 by 'NI man' online - BBC News 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Lewis has given decades of his life to public service; Trump has spent decades of his life trying to swindle the public. Sorry, folks — Donald Trump “won” his Twitter feud with John Lewis 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z But was it a swindle or simply the recklessness of the Chinese business landscape, where projects start in a snap and then just as quickly evaporate? A bus that straddled traffic was supposed to solve this Chinese city's traffic woes. What could go wrong? 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z But the mother of all swindle flicks, now and forever, remains “The Sting.” California Inc.: The year's busiest shipping day is upon us 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z It was one of those investment swindles then making the rounds. Trump cons the working class 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z He's made an entire career out of swindling them: denying them fair housing, cheating them out of hard earned money at his fraudulent "university," taking their money at his casinos. How to Help Working People 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Sure I have Tourette’s, but I think I may have swindled God in the exchange. My Life With Tourette’s Syndrome 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z At the end of it, you may also feel similarly swindled. Review: Josh Groban can’t save indulgent ‘Natasha, Pierre’ 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z By no coincidence, she is also accused of swindling and fraud. ‘Hillary Clinton didn’t fail us. We failed her’ 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z A former military clerk who lied about having cancer to swindle victims out of money and services worth more than £7,500 has been jailed for 16 months. Cancer lie military clerk Simon Buckden jailed - BBC News 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z The speech goes on to attack Trump for not paying contractors and swindling students. 'Don’t get distracted, don’t get diverted': Hillary Clinton pulls out all the stops in Florida 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z But if Clinton’s victory is narrow, the degradation ceremony fails, because a large chunk of the population feels swindled and remains loyal to Trump. Trump can’t just be defeated. He must be humiliated. 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Getting swindled by playing three-card monte was once a common occurrence for tourists in New York City. Mosul, Republican Party, Los Angeles Dodgers: Your Monday Briefing 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z He remembered first learning about the swindle in books. A Veteran Con Man Works a New Crowd With an Old Trick 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Echoing other critics, he describes China’s translations of the classics as “complete swindles,” saying they are done with little care and only a political goal in mind. An Expert on Chinese Medicine, but No New Age Healer 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z It also lays the groundwork for his followers to believe, if he loses,that his defeat was a historic swindle. Donald Trump’s strategy for minority Americans? Don’t let them vote. 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Trump’s entire business career reeks, beginning with his early associations with organized crime and proceeding through a career of swindling. Why Trump focuses on corruption despite his many controversies 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z But he fell out with members Dr Dre and Ice Cube, who accused him of swindling them out of royalties, which he denied. Jerry Heller, the mogul at the centre of N.W.A's success and split, dies - BBC News 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z She told him they were maids who had been swindled by an employer. Special Report: Enslaved in Libya - One woman's extraordinary escape from Islamic State 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z He however swindles her into a daylong date, detouring to a museum and a park, catching Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing” at the movies and grabbing ice cream before the night ends. How the love African Americans have for the Obamas emboldens 'Southside With You' 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Pearlman swindled family, friends, investors and banks by enticing them to put money into two fake companies for 20 years. Backstreet Boys and NSync founder Lou Pearlman dies - BBC News 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Money and resources wasted on suing municipalities exercising their local control deplete money and resources to go after large-scale fraud, swindles and other civil matters that threaten Texans. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Police Chief Reginald Thomas said the exchange space will help cut down on people getting swindled. Lafayette opens space for safe online exchanges 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The charges against the Shisun suspects include homicide, faking accidents, swindling compensation, fraud and hiding crimes, though the police have not said publicly who is being charged with what. Echoing a Film Plot, Chinese Gangs Stage Mining Deaths for Cash 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z He said she understood that some consumers felt they were swindled, “but she was being paid to do a job.” Actress who played TV psychic Miss Cleo dies of cancer at 53 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Department of Justice unveiled its largest-ever criminal healthcare fraud case against individuals on Friday, charging the owner of Miami-based assisted living facilities and two others in a $1 billion scheme to swindle Medicare. U.S. charges three people in $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z While awaiting answers as to how their medical data was hacked or leaked, people with H.I.V. are worried about the possibility of new swindles or blackmail. China Investigating Data Leak and Swindling of H.I.V. Patients 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The undertaking was eventually proven to be a swindle which became known as the “Great Diamond Hoax.” Today in Arizona History 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The latter is the mechanism employed in this recent swindle: Fraudsters claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service ring up college students and demand payment for something they call the “Federal Student Tax.” IRS: A new phone scam threatens college students 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Populism is very often a very clever swindle. How to Steal an Election 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z “I talked to the limo driver. He told me he swindled him, too.” 2 Men Met at a Bus Stop. One Is Accused of Taking the Other for a Costly Ride 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z If you don’t have power of attorney and suspect your parent is being swindled, visit the parent’s bank or branch manager to discuss your concerns, Mr. McManus says. When an Elderly Parent Has Been Scammed 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Franco, are hiding out after their last big swindle, waiting for instructions from their contact at the secret organization known as The Eye. 'Now You See Me 2' is more slight than sleight of hand 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z “After working there for a while, they were killed when the right time came, and a scene was devised to swindle the compensation.” Prosecutors Paint Picture of Murder and Deception at Chinese Coal Mines 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The most vulnerable people — young, economically disadvantaged, financially unsophisticated and cognitively impaired — were aggressively targeted and swindled of money that was supposed to sustain them in future years, the lawsuit alleges. Righting the wrongs of an exploitative industry 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Oh dear, a large financial institution is getting swindled? New Attack Reported by Swift Global Bank Network 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z McFarland is charged with nine felony counts of theft by swindle. Church bookkeeper pleads not guilty to theft charges 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z That’s good news, but the federal government was too slow in responding to a student loan swindle years in the making. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Klein, Goodman shows, was a virtuoso of this kind of swindle, not just selling the beans but keeping them moving, in a perpetual shell game. Paul McCartney’s Magnificent Melodic Gift 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z |
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