| 单词 | bilk |
| 例句 | “If you do not,” he continued threateningly, “it will be the worse for you. I am not used to being bilked.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z There were only a few vendors, and all were engaged in harried negotiations with rebels, lean and sullen and above all bored, jostling and shoving and bilking as a way to pass the time. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Growing up in Washington State, she was in a community production of “The Music Man,” another show about a slick con man trying to bilk small towners. ‘Shucked’: A Broadway Musical That Doubles Down on the Corn 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Since 1982, he has written and directed “Chang in a Void Moon,” an absurdist serial about a businessman’s efforts to bilk a wealthy family. Theater Review: ‘Chang in a Void Moon’ at Incubator Arts Project 2014-04-01T22:05:43Z In reality, One Network bilks investors and maintains a far-reaching web of bribes. Review: It’s Slick, but ‘Master’ Is No James Bond Movie 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Now, we said over and over again, "OK, this man is a criminal. He tries to bilk people out of their life savings, and that's who we want for president." Rob Reiner on Donald Trump’s “classic fascist” ways: “He’s a con man and a criminal” 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Then we’d hear from the officials and schemers who neglected and bilked them. The Reconciliation Must Be Televised 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Deep in debt, he bilked the pensions of thousands of his employees, and his body was discovered in the ocean off the Canary Islands, where he had taken the Lady Ghislaine in 1991. Whatever Happened to Ghislaine Maxwell’s Plan to Save the Oceans? 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The property was forfeited in connection with the criminal prosecution of Marc S. Dreier, a lawyer sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2009 for bilking investors and hedge funds. ArtsBeat Blog: Move Over, Christie's, U.S. Marshals Want a Piece of the Auction Action 2011-11-09T17:17:31Z He pleaded guilty last year to bilking about $120 million from clients, including the estate of De Niro's artist father. NY gallery figure guilty in art fraud case 2011-04-06T15:47:08Z Lidtke went to prison the first time in 2007 for bilking his gallery customers by selling their art on consignment and then stealing the money. Disgraced Seattle gallery owner sentenced to prison in art theft case 2011-02-11T23:30:07Z A tale of a businessman’s efforts to bilk a wealthy family, Mr. Jesurun’s script features tangled story lines, impossible chronologies, vigorous name-dropping and gnarled family trees. Theater Listings for April 11-17 2014-04-10T22:20:18Z If the early days of dusty hunting often involved bilking an unknowing bottle owner, everyone is a lot more savvy these days. Mr. DeMille, I’m Ready for Your Booze Stash 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The story of Anna Delvey, the con artist who bilked hundreds of thousands of dollars from New York’s wealthy, has been told in magazine profiles, books and now a Netflix series. New in Paperback: ‘A Little Devil in America’ and ‘My Friend Anna’ 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The film’s analysis of the mechanics of Mr. Abramoff’s systematic bilking of casino-owning American Indian tribes of millions of dollars is impressively thorough but too complicated to be easily assimilated. | 'Casino Jack and the United States of Money': Alex Gibney?s Documentary About Jack Abramoff 2010-05-06T22:58:00Z One striking sequence assembles an audio montage of clients testifying to how they’d been bilked, over a succession of arty black-and-white photos. Review: In ‘The Wizard of Lies,’ De Niro Excels at Being Madoff 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z The movie, which Chris Smith directed, finds the players in and around a 2017 scheme to pull a music festival out of thin air: software programmers, marketing people, expert event planners, laborers, the bilked. ‘Fyre’ and ‘Fyre Fraud’ Reviews: Behind the Scenes of a Music Festival Fiasco 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Of course you guys loved it; a bunch of amoral capitalists in Bush's home state bilk shareholders of billions. Why doesn't Broadway love Enron? 2010-04-29T11:33:00Z The phishing scams led victims to Indonesia, ostensibly on a film job, before bilking them for travel expenses — a scheme said to have earned the con artist hundreds of thousands of dollars. 21 of the wildest cons in history 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z He cast him as a déclassé mountebank who bilked students at his Trump University. A National Descent Into Trump’s Pants 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z This Russian-German con artist, born Anna Sorokin, constructed such a convincing illusion out of snobbery and good taste that she succeeded in stiffing luxury hotels and bilking financial institutions for hundreds of thousands of dollars. "Inventing Anna" takes a good story, imprisons it in unnecessary excess and robs of us our time 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z The court took control of the statue after Coadum was accused of bilking investors. Sept. 11 statue in Md. fails to sell on eBay 2010-05-22T16:34:00Z A onetime theater agent was arrested Friday and charged with bilking his friends by raising money for a nonexistent Broadway play that he claimed was to star the actress Lupita Nyong’o. Former Theater Agent Arrested for Raising Money for a Show That Doesn’t Exist 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z And … you thought all that money big Pharma was bilking us for, was going to make Americans healthier. Don’t Call Her a Victim: After Surviving Opioids, Nan Goldin Goes After the Makers 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z But federal prosecutors said Mawhinney's fortunes were built on fraud because he bilked more than $6 million in loans from banks by providing them fake documents that claimed he was a millionaire. Frontman for LA band charged with $6M loan fraud 2013-01-25T22:27:11Z Jimmy's choice has always been between pursuing legitimacy and acknowledgement of his undeniable legal talent, and bilking the grandstanding power brokers who look down their noses at him for everything he can. "Better Call Saul" and the two faces of JMM 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Over Sorokin’s monthlong trial, which I covered in 2019 for The New York Times, evidence showed she stole a private jet and bilked banks, hotels and associates out of about $200,000. Seen ‘Inventing Anna’? Here’s What It Gets Right (and Wrong) 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z Lawmakers wondered whether employees are bilking the government by claiming a 32% enhanced pay rate for jobs listed as working in the District, even though they are working remotely. Feds say they can slash 30% of their office space, save billions after remote work empties buildings 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Reeves, says Presley, just “looks out for himself and his rich friends” — like the ones who gave new meaning to the phrase “welfare cheats” by bilking state welfare funds for personal uses. Opinion: A Mississippi vote next week could be a distant early warning on Biden's 2024 fate 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Others fell for the ruse and were bilked out of a few hundred dollars. Scammers are as close as the phone in your pocket | Horsey cartoon 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Attorney General Kris Mayes and Gov. Katie Hobbs in May announced a massive investigation into billing fraud that state officials say has bilked Arizona out of hundreds of millions of Medicaid dollars. 3 are indicted on fraud-related charges in a Medicaid billing probe in Arizona 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z David Bloom has been charged with grand theft in Los Angeles, accused of bilking several people out of tens of thousands of dollars. Sunset Strip's Rainbow Bar let Ron Jeremy assault women in its bathroom, lawsuit alleges 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Prosecutors alleged he had bilked 10 people out of at least a combined $50,000, court records show. 'Wall Street Whiz Kid' charged with running financial scams out of L.A. bars and luxury apartments 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z “In this way, defendant has not only bilked millions of dollars from consumers in ill-gotten gains, but Defendant has put the health and welfare of millions of consumers and their families at risk.” Brita water filter company accused of false advertising 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z When investors found out they had been bilked, some won lawsuits against him. California man gets prison for nearly $9M phony cow manure-to-green energy investment scheme 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In April, he admitted committing federal securities fraud for bilking investors including friends stemming from that same case, and was ordered in May to pay restitution. Gambling giant MGM says it did nothing wrong as ‘fraudster’ gambled online 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has once again lost her bid to stay out of prison while she appeals her fraud conviction tied to a blood-testing hoax that bilked investors. Court rejects Elizabeth Holmes’ motion to stay out of prison while on appeal 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z He pummeled a manager and promoter he alleges bilked him of his winnings, saying he was left with no money for a plane ticket to be with his ailing mother before she died. He helped other boxers apply for their pensions. His own is out of reach 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z In short, it's bilking more money from taxpayers than ever before and just about everyone — from lobbyists galore to countless political campaigns, think tanks beyond number to Hollywood — is in on it. Not your grandfather's military-industrial complex: Experts say new Pentagon stats are "stunning" 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Hundreds of billions of dollars were likely bilked from the big relief programs such as unemployment benefits and small business loans. Feds bust alleged COVID fraudster for $230 million in bogus medical bills 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z But a federal jury in December 2021 found that the business was a criminal scheme that bilked millions from several insurance providers, including the Tricare healthcare program for military service members. Former 1-800 GET-THIN doctor gets 7-year sentence for multimillion-dollar fraud scheme 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Guo, who is accused of engaging in a complex scheme to bilk thousands of online followers, was arrested this month in his 9,000-square-foot New York apartment. Your Friday Briefing: Trump Indicted 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z I don't buy that but I can certainly see that he might look forward to bilking his loyal following for another chunk of their social security checks by playing the martyr. Trump's congressional hit men: House Republicans recycle anti-Clinton playbook 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges in late February accusing Watson and the company of bilking investors. In fraud case, embattled Ozy Media is a no show 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Behind the esteemed public image, he was also the self-admitted creator of a web of financial crimes that bilked millions of dollars from vulnerable clients of his law practice. Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison in murders of wife, son 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z And reports are emerging that other programs, such as rental assistance, were bilked. Biden gets tough on pandemic fraud; promises more money, time to prosecute scammers 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Murdaugh apologized numerous times for bilking clients, which included teenage girls and a quadriplegic man. Prosecutors argue Alex Murdaugh gave ‘new story’ in double-murder trial 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The whistleblowers' complaint alleges the Silicon Valley company also bilked private health insurers in at least 38 states, including California. The Pill Club reaches $18.3 million Medicaid fraud settlement with California 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z But it also invited an unprecedented wave of theft and abuse, as criminals seized on the government’s generosity — and its race to disburse aid — to bilk state and federal agencies for massive sums. Federal official warns $191 billion in covid unemployment aid may have been misspent 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z A Riverside County woman was sentenced this week to 4½ years in prison for her role in bilking California’s unemployment insurance benefit program of more than $1.1 million, authorities said. Riverside County woman sentenced in million-dollar unemployment fraud scheme 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z The two face a range of criminal charges accusing them of duping the ailing physician and bilking him of more than $2.7 million before his death, the Justice Department said Thursday. Actress and Hairdresser Took $3 Million From Malibu Doctor, Prosecutors Say 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z But the money also served as a wellspring for criminal activity, as malicious actors took advantage of SBA and its poor oversight to bilk Washington out of seemingly massive sums. $5.4 billion in covid aid may have gone to firms using suspect Social Security numbers 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z In the SEC action, initiated in April 2021, regulators accused Harbor City and its founder of running a “classic Ponzi scheme” — promising investors reliable profit and instead bilking them out of millions. New details link George Santos to cousin of sanctioned Russian oligarch 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z To allow them to escape any financial or other liability means bilked buyers have no recourse if the companies they tout, such as FTX, run dry of cash. Opinion | Celebrity endorsers should be liable for financial schemes 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Miller-Whitehead is accused of bilking victims with threats and false promises of a better life and big investment returns. Prosecutors: Fraud fed Brooklyn preacher’s flashy lifestyle 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against Florida state Rep. Joe Harding, accusing him of bilking a pandemic assistance program to get loans for businesses that had gone defunct years earlier. Feds bring COVID fraud charges against the author of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z He was accused of bilking investors and has been in federal prison in Michigan since 2015. Gold Rush treasures from 1857 shipwreck up for Reno auction 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z However, amid a slowing economy, protests have broken out among bilked depositors targeting banks they accuse of malfeasance, sparking swift and often violent responses from the authorities. Chinese police shoot dead would-be bank robber, free hostage 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z He had something else in common with Presley: he got bilked out of a lot of his money. How two legendary Black musicians made their bones 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Dumped in a high-rise building above a casino, he was turned over to mobsters who seized his passport and put him to work bilking gamblers on a sham sports betting app. 'I was a slave': Up to 100,000 held captive by Chinese cybercriminals in Cambodia 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Donald Trump doesn't want to face the consequences for a lifetime of bilking the citizens of the planet. Trump, Biden and America's destiny: We're about to face the consequences. How bad will they be? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Costello wouldn’t be the only former Washingtonian accused of fabricating his résumé to bilk investors. Former Bellevue man nabbed in San Diego for cannabis, stock schemes 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Even more damaging have been the continuing disclosures about extensive connections between the Unification Church — which Mr. Yamagami said had bilked his mother of nearly $1 million — and the Liberal Democratic Party. Why Japan Is Angry About a State Funeral for an Assassinated Leader 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z To bilk the government, the Justice Department said, the defendants relied on a complex web of shell companies and bribes. U.S. charges ‘brazen’ theft of $250 million from pandemic food program 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The aim was to bilk each victim of at least $30,000, at which point her suitor’s profile would simply disappear. 'I was a slave': Up to 100,000 held captive by Chinese cybercriminals in Cambodia 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Prosecutors say he bilked the Navy out of at least $35 million. Explainer: How did big fish in Navy bribery case get away? 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Investigators say he and his company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, bilked the Navy out of more than $35 million by buying off dozens of top-ranking Navy officers with booze, sex, lavish parties and other gifts. Fat Leonard’s escape as stunning as his Navy bribery case 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Armed Forces member serving overseas before bilking them, according to criminal complaints filed in federal court in Greenbelt, Md., last week. D.C. government auditor involved in romance scheme, prosecutors say 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, federal law enforcement officials stressed that they are continuing to probe the alleged fraud in Minnesota and other attempts to bilk money from a program meant to help hungry children. U.S. charges ‘brazen’ theft of $250 million from pandemic food program 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z But the businesses were “little more than shell corporations,” part of a scam that bilked investors out of at least $331,000, federal authorities alleged Wednesday. A cold-remedy inventor, Lucille Ball's old studio and an alleged investment scheme. What could go wrong? 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Other stuff, like heated steering wheels or Apple CarPlay, just looks like automakers trying to bilk their customers for stuff they should only have to pay for once. The future of cars is a subscription nightmare 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z In a response of its own last week, ExxonMobil rejected Mr. Biden’s assertions that Big Oil was bilking consumers and called for “clear and consistent policy” that supports the industry. Chevron says Biden has vilified energy industry, denies price-gouging 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z It cast the fund as a marketing gimmick being used to bilk Mr. Trump’s supporters. Jan. 6 Panel Puts Trump Fund-Raising Tactics Under Scrutiny 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The same identity theft schemes that bilked the unemployment insurance system out of perhaps $250 billion are already being used on states’ disability payment programs. Pandemic fraud syndicates eye their next targets for theft of taxpayers’ money 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z The once-prominent investment adviser is on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, accused of bilking his clients out of millions of dollars. Georgia investment adviser on the run ordered to pay $12M 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z 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 The Senate inched closer to passing legislation Wednesday that would expand the Federal Trade Commission’s powers and create a subunit to investigate whether Big Oil is bilking drivers at the pump. Senate Democrats forge ahead with messaging bill on gas price gouging 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Since 2013, AT&T has quietly bilked customers out of hundreds of millions of dollars with a bogus “administrative fee,” a fee it more than doubled to $1.99 a month in 2018. AT&T is about to get away with its bogus $1.99 "administrative fee" 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z They also face fake brokers who promise to help them send money back to their families in the North but instead just bilk them. Surviving the ‘time machine’: Helping North Korean defectors to the South 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z All the grifters, hangers-on and grasping operatives will carry on regardless, bilking the true believers out of their money and pretending they can alter reality simply with repetition and lies. Trump's lies are getting dumber — because he's locked in a power battle with Mitch McConnell 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Or Anne Hathaway, who plays Neumann’s wife, Rebekah, in “WeCrashed” and whose ex-boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, went to jail for bilking investors by posing as the chief financial officer of the Vatican. How scammers and con artists became TV's laziest way to hook viewers 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Scammers have found a new way of bilking U.S. small business owners out of millions of dollars: posing as the government. Fake government fee scam nets millions from small businesses 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Critics called out the self-proclaimed billionaire for bilking his supporters of money to pay for a new private jet. Trump asks fans for cash to pay for new “Trump Force One” after emergency landing over the weekend 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z A Georgia man was sentenced to three years in prison after admitting he bilked the federal government out of $85,000 and used most of it to buy a Pokemon card. Man used pandemic benefits to buy a $58,000 Pokemon card 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z I’ve been to enough games for five lifetimes and these days, owners and players are trying to bilk us all for a lifetime worth of cost into a game or two. Letters to Sports: In MLB labor fight, there are no winners 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z He pledged to go after the wealth of “the Russian oligarchs and the corrupt leaders who bilk billions of dollars off this violent regime.” Opinion | Biden soars abroad while he rebuilds at home 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Tonight, I say to the Russian oligarchs and the corrupt leaders who have bilked billions of dollars off this violent regime no more. Full transcript of Biden’s State of the Union address 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z “Tonight, I say to the Russian oligarchs and the corrupt leaders who bilk billions of dollars off this violent regime: No more,” Biden said. Analysis | 4 takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union address 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z "Tonight, I say to the Russian oligarchs and corrupt leaders who have bilked billions of dollars off this violent regime: no more," he said. Joe Biden puts Russian oligarchs on notice at SOTU: "We are coming for your ill-begotten gains" 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Prosecutors said Rafael Martinez also lied on his own application for loans, making up employees to bilk the Small Business Administration out of nearly $300,000 for a Payroll Protection Program loan. Feds nab financier accused of netting $71 million in coronavirus loan fees 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York allege that Mr. Borker did not even wait until he was a free man to start bilking clients again in June 2020. A Fraudster Who Just Can’t Seem to Stop … Selling Eyeglasses 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Maryland State Police said Wednesday that perpetrators have bilked victims out of thousands of dollars recently by telling worried grandparents that their grandchildren need bail money. Police warn Maryland grandparents not to fall for ‘bail money’ scam 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Much of the tactics were already well known to law enforcement agencies since cybercriminals had previously used them to bilk money from disaster relief programs. Federal officials warn billions stolen from COVID unemployment benefits through fraud 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Try to bilk Apple out of its cut? Why Coinbase admitted Apple calls the shots 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z In April 2019, Sorokin was convicted of grand larceny, attempted grand larceny and theft of service for bilking the hotels, several financial institutions and a private jet company out of thousands of dollars. The real story of ‘Inventing Anna,’ Netflix’s show about the fake heiress who scammed the rich and powerful 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Those women then received the bills for his lavish lifestyle without realizing he was bilking several of them. FBI warns of online romance scams as Valentine’s Day approaches 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z But he has also unsettled investors, accusing companies of conspiring with past governments to bilk taxpayers and trying to renegotiate their contracts. Mexicans chafe over struggling economy and surging inflation 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z In February, the Justice Department announced that it had indicted a California man on charges of bilking nearly $170,000 in fraudulent unemployment benefits by submitting multiple claims in other people’s names. Federal officials warn billions stolen from COVID unemployment benefits through fraud 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Try to bilk Apple out of its cut? Why Coinbase admitted Apple calls the shots 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Madoff, now 82, was sentenced to 150 years in prison for bilking thousands of investors out of at least $20 billion. Father, son from Japan guilty in Vegas in $1.5B ‘Ponzi’ case 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Nothing about the result of this trial is going to prevent the next Theranos from bilking investors because no one is punished when investors don’t engage in due diligence. Elizabeth Holmes’ verdict won’t change Silicon Valley 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Internal Revenue Service agents raided his Fort Worth offices and later accused his family and company of bilking the government out of more than $100 million in taxes. Texas oil billionaire William ‘Tex’ Moncrief Jr. dead at 101 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The move was legal, but a legislator decried it as an inside deal that bilked taxpayers. Beneath a Covid Vaccine Debacle, 30 Years of Government Culpability 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z But a federal jury on Thursday found that the business was a criminal scheme that bilked millions from insurance providers, including the Tricare healthcare program for military service members. Former doctor, company behind 1-800-GET-THIN found guilty of fraud 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Do the same thing with your new beau’s professed occupation, to see how many times people have been bilked by online suitors claiming to be such a person. Christmas season is also catfishing season. Don’t fall for a romance scam 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to begin work on a rule that would prohibit scam artists from impersonating government agencies or well-known companies in order to bilk Americans. U.S. FTC votes to begin creating rule to ban government, business impersonation fraud 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Several whistle-blowers at UBS France came forward with tales of how the banks’ employees in France and Switzerland engaged in illegal activity that essentially bilked the French tax authorities of more than 10 billion euros. UBS is fined $2 billion for helping rich French clients evade taxes. 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Her boss, Jason Sugarman, is facing SEC charges for his alleged role in a scheme to bilk $43 million in client funds intended for Native American tribal bonds. Search for missing L.A. woman leads to Castaic landfill 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z His first real case involved a British woman who claimed to be stranded in Canada and wanted three family members killed because they bilked her out of an inheritance, he said. Owner of fake hitman website used by Michigan woman looking to kill ex-husband says it’s a ‘personal mission’ 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z And the businessman accused of bilking the government on the fertilizer plant deal quickly repaid some of the money and was released. Judge in Mexico orders ex-head of state oil company jailed 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z A Texas radio host was sentenced to three life prison sentences Monday for a Ponzi scheme in which he bilked elderly listeners out of millions of dollars. Texas radio host gets 3 life prison sentences for Ponzi scheme 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z But in the process, the group reportedly bilked hundreds of unsuspecting customers out of thousands in consultation fees by, in many cases, failing to deliver the drug at all. The conservative group using the courts to push ivermectin on COVID patients 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Alleging that the deal was mismanaged, he sued Crédit Lyonnais, accusing the company of undervaluing Adidas and bilking him in the sale. Bernard Tapie, French magnate trailed by scandal in business and soccer, dies at 78 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Along with paying kickbacks to other physicians, including for an expensive Naloxone auto-injector, Abdalla and the other pharmacists took out fake prescriptions in various names to bilk insurance companies, according to court documents. Fairfax doctor admits complicity in $1.8 million fraud involving scar cream 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z He continually and effectively points out that Apple is terrible at keeping out frauds which bilk ordinary users out of outrageous sums of money. The bitter lawsuit hanging over the Apple Watch’s new swipe keyboard 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Nor did she accept her part in building and accepting largesse from a scam that bilked people out of millions of dollars. ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ review: Biopic revisits 1980s televangelists with camp, thoughtfulness 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The friends break bad ... nicely, turning their enthusiasm for savings into a Robin Hood-esque scheme bilking millions from corporations to deliver deals to fellow coupon clippers. Real-life friends Kristen Bell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste on true crime. And the art of couponing 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z She soon falls prey to a shady scheme that bilks her out of a large sum of money. What's on TV Tuesday: 'Queen Sugar' on OWN; 'Impeachment: American Crime Story' on FX 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Marc Agnifilo, a New York lawyer, said Holmes' case had some parallels with that of Martin Shkreli here, a former client found guilty in 2017 of bilking investors in his hedge funds. Theranos founder's abuse claims add wrinkle to jury selection in fraud case 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Marc Agnifilo, a New York lawyer, said Holmes’ case had some parallels with that of Martin Shkreli, a former client found guilty in 2017 of bilking investors in his hedge funds. Theranos founder's abuse claims add wrinkle to jury selection in fraud case 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z “She harmed many patients. She bilked people out of their money.” Schemer or Naïf? Elizabeth Holmes Is Going to Trial. 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Eight people have been indicted in California on charges related to a "grandparent scam" in which they allegedly bilked elderly victims into believing that their grandchildren needed help, the U.S. Feds bust California 'grandparent scam' targeting elderly victims; 8 indicted 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Vatican prosecutors accuse the suspects of bilking millions of euros from the Holy See in fees and other losses related to other financial dealings. Vatican indicts 10 people in London real estate deal 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Throughout his business career, Trump has frequently been accused of running scams to bilk money from unwitting people, one of the most famous cases being Trump University, which led to a multimillion-dollar settlement. "Bandits!": Trump campaign scammed supporters using deceptive recurring payment option 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z He has been convicted of the charges stemming from the Nike case, and awaits trial in two cases involving allegations of bilking clients. Feds: Michael Avenatti should get vaccine and report to jail 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Dermen, who controlled a small empire of fuel businesses and gas stations in Southern California, was convicted last year of conspiring to bilk the federal government of some $500 million in ill-gotten tax credits. Homeland Security agent took bribes from organized crime, prosecutors charge 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z By allowing a trial to go forward against the three others, she said, the evidence still is likely to implicate Mr. Bannon in an alleged scheme that bilked hundreds of thousands of Trump supporters. Trump’s Pardon of Bannon Could Raise Risk for 3 Co-Defendants 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Beck is accused of bilking his former employer out of $2 million. Georgia spends $200K a year on indicted insurance chief 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z The former Texas Congressman was convicted of conspiring to bilk at least $775,000 from conservative foundations that intended the donations for charities and voter education. A look at pardons, clemency in waning weeks of Trump tenure 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z In the tax case, he’s accused of bilking the government of $1.1 million by misstating revenues from the Impact, other businesses and interest he paid on mortgages. Ex-team owner sentenced in rape case in 1 of several probes 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Girardi has been in legal hot water with former clients who claim to have been bilked out of millions in settlement money. An introduction to the musical oeuvre of 'Real Housewives' star Erika Jayne 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z Federal prosecutors accused California Hospice Care of bilking taxpayers of $7.5 million in illegal payments in connection with Staten, Huff and scores of other ineligible Medicare recipients. End-of-life care has boomed in California. So has fraud targeting older Americans 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z On arrival, the victims were allegedly bilked for US currency at every turn by Tahilramani and his co-conspirators, with the promised movie projects transpiring to be entirely fictional, and their expenses never reimbursed. 'Con Queen of Hollywood' who allegedly duped actors arrested in UK 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z Prosecutors say Hmayakyan also bilked banks by applying for loans in the names of real and fictitious people that he used to buy cars without making the loan payments. Southern California man sentenced for $5M bank fraud scams 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z She's also currently prosecuting the NRA for bilking its members out of $65 million in a span of just three years. Don't cry for Kellyanne Conway: Like the whole corrupt Trump enterprise, she must pay 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Two con men resort to murder to bilk an heiress in 1920s Los Angeles. Movies on TV this week: 'Dances with Wolves' on Encore 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z Authorities said he was part of a conspiracy to bilk owners of time-share properties. 18-month sentence in $10 million telemarketing scam 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z July 22: German prosecutors arrest three former top executives of Wirecard, saying they suspected them of masterminding a criminal racket to fake the company’s accounts and bilk creditors of billions of euros. Timeline: The rise and fall of Wirecard 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z He was convicted in February of trying to extort millions of dollars from Nike and is also accused of bilking money from Stormy Daniels, his most famous client. Michael Avenatti is broke, can’t afford legal fees, lawyer claims 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z The school that used to celebrate Avenatti seems to be trying to scrub him from memory now that he has been convicted of extortion and faces two more trials on charges of bilking clients. Avenatti’s shining reputation tarnishes fast at alma mater 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z “While Paul Petersen enjoyed a position of respect and trust in the community, he manipulated adoptive families and bilked Arizona taxpayers for his own profit,” Brnovich said. Ex-Arizona assessor Paul Petersen admits to charges in adoption fraud scheme 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Also in New York, he faces another federal trial over accusations he bilked Ms. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. One-time Trump foil, 2020 hopeful Michael Avenatti now stars in three-ring legal circus 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z He believes officials are using the pandemic to bilk the system. Latin America had time to prepare for the coronavirus. It couldn’t stop the inevitable. 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is saying “Sorry Charlie’’ to StarKist tuna and the former CEO of competitor Bumble Bee, suing both for price-fixing he contends bilked consumers of millions of dollars. Washington state lawsuit alleges price-fixing by StarKist and rival tuna conglomerates 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Her changes raised the bar for borrower relief claims, requiring applicants to individually prove that a school knowingly misled them and, even if students were bilked, that they were financially harmed by the deception. Trump’s Dilemma: Reject DeVos Debt Forgiveness Rollback or Anger Veterans 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z The PerkinElmer inquiry is part of a broader Medicare fraud investigation unveiled by the Justice Department in September, saying it had charged 35 people accused of bilking Medicare out of about $2.1 billion. Exclusive: U.S. probes PerkinElmer's role in massive Medicare fraud - sources 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Ideally, platforms would detect and purge all of these accounts before they were able to bilk people out of money. A new lawsuit against YouTube shows how hard it is to get the company to respond to abuse 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Federal authorities have charged a Pennsylvania attorney with bilking his law clients out of more than $2.7 million in an investment fraud scheme. Attorney accused of $2.7 million investment fraud scheme 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z A Texas megachurch pastor and former spiritual adviser to two U.S. presidents has pleaded guilty to bilking investors out of millions of dollars alongside a Louisiana investment adviser. Pentagon contract linguist in Iraq pleads not guilty to espionage 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Madoff, who ran Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities in New York City, pleaded guilty in 2009 to 11 crimes related to the bilking of billions of dollars from thousands of investors over several decades. Bernie Madoff should die in prison, not be granted compassionate release: federal prosecutors 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Other Trump advisers urged caution because of the severity of Rubashkin’s crimes in which prosecutors said he had bilked lenders out of more than $26 million. Most presidential clemency grants bypass Justice Dept. and go to well-connected offenders 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Other Trump advisers urged caution because of the severity of Rubashkin’s crimes, in which prosecutors said he had bilked lenders out of more than $26 million. Most Trump clemency grants bypass Justice Dept. and go to well-connected offenders 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z “Widows, elderly, unsophisticated investors who were totally bilked by him.” Former top stockbroker to go on trial for fleecing clients 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z As he put it: “Taxpayers are being bilked. The intent of Congress is being violated. And the future viability of land conservation is endangered. The egregious profiteering the IRS has tracked … must end.” The IRS tried to crack down on rich people using an “abusive” tax deduction. It hasn’t gone so well 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z One of the companies Price bilked was given title to the mansion and it was put on the market for $16.5 million in June. Home builders plead guilty to tax evasion in mansion scheme 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Few people could have been more astonished at Parnas’ access to the halls of power and prestige than those who say they were bilked or stiffed by him. How an ex-mayor led a president to the brink of impeachment 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Few people could have been more astonished at Mr. Parnas’s access to the halls of power and prestige than those who say they were bilked or stiffed by him. The Indispensable Man: How Giuliani Led Trump to the Brink of Impeachment 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z On Thursday, a Communist Party tabloid, The Global Times, released video of what it said was Mr. Wang’s 2016 trial on fraud charges, where a young man confessed to bilking someone out of $17,000. Suddenly, the Chinese Threat to Australia Seems Very Real 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Conservative political operative Paul Erickson admitted Tuesday to a federal judge in Sioux Falls to fraudulent investment schemes that prosecutors said bilked investors of more than a million dollars. South Dakota man linked to Butina pleads guilty to fraud 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z The United States government routinely sues pharmaceutical companies for making false claims, bilking Medicare, illegal kickbacks, and sloppy manufacturing practices. Untangling the Trump administration’s lawsuit over an HIV prevention drug 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Brown and his racketeer buddies come up with a fake bookie scheme designed to bilk desperate people out of money. Movies on TV this week: 'GoodFellas' on AMC and more 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Prosecutors said it was part of a scheme of prescribing unneeded pain creams to bilk insurers. Pharmacist sentenced to 10 years in health care fraud case 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z To avenge a murder, two con men bilk a mobster with their betting-room scam in 1930s Chicago. Movies on TV this week: Sept. 29: 'Almost Famous' and more 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z He was also accused of bilking his own clients. The 'Where's My Roy Cohn?' documentary director reveals Trump's Machiavelli 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z He was freed from the misery of that boarding school only when Sarah, having been bilked by a fortune hunter, went broke and had to withdraw him. Why Lafcadio Hearn’s Ghost Stories Still Haunt Us 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Kingston, chief executive of Washakie Renewable Energy and a member of a Utah polygamist group, admitted in court papers to bilking the U.S. of more than $500 million in renewable-fuel tax credits. Former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca implicated in fraud scheme, court documents allege 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Last year, veteran climbers, insurance companies and news outlets exposed a conspiracy by some guides, helicopter companies and hospitals to bilk millions of dollars from insurers by evacuating trekkers with minor signs of altitude sickness. New Everest Rules Could Significantly Limit Who Gets to Climb 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Lagan and a former Albany-area town justice were accused of using a real estate scam to bilk the trusts. Financial adviser admits role in $12 million trust fund scam 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Elba is charged in Maryland with conspiring with employees under her supervision to bilk investors across the globe through the sale and marketing of financial instruments known as “binary options.” No verdict in trial of woman accused of duping investors 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z In a long story and an episode of the Times’ new Hulu show, Jack Nicas investigates how overseas scammers posing as American servicemen bilk women out of their savings. It’s time to regulate tech platforms with laws, not fines 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Drobot was sentenced in 2018 to five years in prison for bilking the government while the owner of Pacific Hospital in Long Beach. Prosecutors: Hospital owner to plead guilty to new counts 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Fueled by cheap whiskey and greed, a foulmouthed criminal, his mean mother and their angry sidekick conspire to bilk a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 21 - 27, 2019 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z That led to a two-year federal investigation that prosecutors say unraveled her scheme to bilk relatives, banks and children whose trusts she controlled to maintain their lifestyle. Closing arguments expected in Hawaii public corruption trial 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z They also face a bank fraud and identity theft trial, including allegations Katherine Kealoha bilked banks, relatives and children whose trusts she controlled. Uncle denies theft in Hawaii power couple’s corruption trial 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z His fake "university" was a fraudulent organization that bilked American citizens of enormous sums, sometimes their life savings. Who cares about the Mueller report? We all do, but it will change nothing 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z They weren’t the only ones who’d been bilked out of millions. ’N Sync’s Lance Bass trains a lens on Lou Pearlman, the con man who made him a star 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z “This is beginning to feel increasingly more like a scam,” she wrote that October, “where we were bilked out of hard-earned money we did not have to spare.” How Sovereign Citizens Helped Swindle $1 Billion From the Government They Disavow 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z But behind the jet-set lifestyle and pricey threads, prosecutors have said, was a fraudster who bilked friends, banks and hotels for a taste of the high life. 'Magic trick': trial begins for fake heiress who swindled friends, banks and hotels 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Prosecutors say the jet-set lifestyle and pricy threads masked a fraudster who bilked friends, banks and hotels for a taste of the high life. The Latest: Lawyer: Fake heiress didn’t mean to commit crime 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Holmes has been publicly eviscerated for bilking millions, which is a perfectly reasonable response, especially since her “new technology” involved other people’s blood and health. The Elizabeth Holmes story is not about the black and the blinks 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said Petters bilked investors who thought he was using their money to buy consumer electronics from wholesalers and resell them to big-box retailers such as Costco Wholesale Corp and Walmart Inc’s Sam’s Club. General Electric in $49 million settlement over Petters fraud 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Avenatti was charged with allegedly trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike and bilking settlement funds from a client. The Latest: A day after his arrest, Avenatti hammers Nike 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Duntsch pleaded not guilty and alleged in emails that he was at the center of “a vast conspiracy to bilk money from the hospitals where he practiced.” ‘Dr. Death’ podcast: Surgeon recalls Christopher Duntsch’s botched procedures: ‘He couldn’t operate at all’ 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Manafort’s crime, which was to bilk the government -- and by extension the American taxpayers -- of millions of dollars, appears to have been dismissed by Judge Ellis as uninteresting, even routine. Paul Manafort gets a slap on the wrist: American injustice in action 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z According to the state Department of Regulatory Agencies, the Lone Tree man bilked 240 investors. Man gets 76-year sentence for $16M in securities fraud 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z In July, more than 20 people working with call centers in India were sentenced in a large scheme that bilked more than 15,000 Americans of hundreds of millions of dollars over a four-year period. When Answering the Phone Exposes You to Fraud 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z World Patent Marketing, a company accused by the government of bilking millions of dollars from consumers, admitted no fault but settled with the FTC for more than $25 million earlier this year. Whitaker alerts U.S. trade regulator to his justice role in fraud... 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z The lawsuit says at least five consumers were bilked by the Wheeling-based business. W.Va. fencing contractor accused of not starting projects 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z The company shut down in May and agreed to pay a settlement of nearly $26 million to resolve a wide-ranging Federal Trade Commission complaint that it bilked customers. ‘He was yelling’: Whitaker pushed back against early fraud complaints about company he advised 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z What they are actually doing is bilking fans, many of whom stuck with the team back when they were one of the jokes of the league, one final time before skipping town forever. $100 to not see games? The Warriors' 'In the Building' pass is Silicon Valley in ticket form 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Oliver then walked through the ways in which a former corporation in which Whitaker served as a paid advisor bilked millions from people who said that they had inventions. John Oliver ridicules Trump’s Attorney General Matt Whitaker’s butt jeans and bicep tattoo 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Then there is Mr. Whitaker’s connection to a defunct patent promotion company the Federal Trade Commission called “an invention-promotion scam that has bilked thousands of consumers out of millions of dollars.” Opinion | There is no way this man should be running the Justice Department 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The FTC alleged in a 2017 complaint that the company bilked customers with fraudulent promises that it would help them market their invention. Federal investigators scrutinized Whitaker’s role in patent company accused of fraud, according to people with knowledge of case 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z He also came under fire for serving on the advisory board of World Patent Marketing in Miami, the company that has been accused by the government of bilking millions of dollars from customers. Matthew Whitaker: An Attack Dog With Ambition Beyond Protecting Trump 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z The Federal Trade Commission accused the company, World Patent Marketing, of bilking thousands of customers who believed they were receiving patents. Acting Attorney General Once Declared Courts ‘Inferior’ and Criticized Supreme Court’s Power 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z “Disgraced former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman will serve 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to bilk at least $775,000 from conservative foundations that intended the donations for charities and voter education.” Thursday's Mini-Report, 11.8.18 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Disgraced former representative Steve Stockman will serve 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to bilk at least $775,000 from conservative foundations that intended the donations for charities and voter education. Former congressman from Texas sentenced to 10 years for fraud 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z About 25,000 people every year "bilk" the system by avoiding payment. 'Make drivers pay for fuel in advance' 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z But that hasn't stopped local police from prosecuting those who use the "dark arts" to bilk people for thousands of dollars. Why Canada still charges women with witchcraft 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The Kings, by the way, were then owned by Bruce McNall, who misrepresented his net worth, endured his own financial mishaps and was later convicted of fraud for bilking six banks out of $236 million. With NHL season launching, look for league’s executive committee to help end Seattle’s hockey quest 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Perry was convicted in a larger investigation into pharmacies that officials say bilked more than $400 million from insurers. Woman gets more than 3 years in prison in pharmacy fraud 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z But in 2014, Lance, who was then listed as president of the company, was convicted of bilking the retirement accounts of four of its former employees of $43,380. Headless body in fish tank leaves neighbors fearing worst for local eccentric 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z The office was responsible for processing complaints from borrowers against loan servicers and also central to lawsuits against for-profit colleges accused of bilking students. Top student loan watchdog resigns over Trump administration policies 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Operating a bogus university that bilked middle-income seniors out of their retirement savings. Donald Trump’s Response to John McCain’s Death Reminds Us Just How Petty and Small He Is 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The founder of a $9 billion lending platform called Ezubao was sentenced last year to life in prison for bilking investors. As Chinese Investors Panic Over Dubious Products, Authorities Quash Protests 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The Southern California man I wrote about, who got bilked out of thousands of dollars, demonstrated how easy it can be to fall into this trap when your child can’t be reached. Rare victory: Ringleaders of 'sickening' IRS call scam are brought to justice 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Such consumers might be 9/11 first responders and brain-injured National Football League players alleged to have been bilked out of millions of dollars from legal settlements. Opinion | Why do Republicans hate consumers? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Perry’s plea is part of a larger investigation into multiple pharmacies that officials say bilked more than $400 million from insurers. Nurse practitioner pleads guilty in pharmacy fraud case 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z A major defense contractor agreed to pay $20 million to settle U.S. charges that it bilked the Navy in a ship-supply contracting scandal at ports around the world, the Justice Department announced. Defense contractor Inchcape Shipping Services to pay $20 million to settle fraud case over charges to Navy 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Gov. Tom Wolf says the project represented “the worst of how lobbyists and special interests bilk taxpayers for their own gain.” Firms sued over incinerator deal that left Harrisburg broke 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z The Kealohas will face a second trial on their own for bank fraud and identity theft, including allegations that Katherine Kealoha bilked family members, banks and children whose trusts she controlled. 2 trials for Honolulu police corruption case 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Scott is an extremist Trumpian figure, another tea party Millionaire who made his money bilking Medicaid. Rick Scott Enters Senate Race, and Florida Is Again Poised for a Bruising Campaign 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Earlier in the week, Trump alleged that Amazon is bilking the U.S. As Trump tweets, Amazon seeks to expand its business empire 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z While appropriate in the trust context, cy pres’s application to class-action suits enables attorneys to bilk their clients by claiming it would be too difficult to distribute the money to class members. For Some Class-Action Lawyers, Charity Begins and Ends at Home 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z “And every day that Congress does wait, what this shows is the taxpayers are going to be bilked out of millions, if not billions, of dollars,” he said. Thousands of Investors Got Big Tax Breaks for Land-Rights Donations, IRS Finds 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Securities & Exchange Commission claims that she bilked investors of $200 million, and in December of a racketeering lawsuit brought by the funds themselves. New York financier Lynn Tilton puts Zohar funds into bankruptcy 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z But some reflects a lower default risk, because for many borrowers defaulting on loans from state-backed Chinese entities is a scarier prospect than bilking a commercial lender. Will China’s Belt and Road Initiative outdo the Marshall Plan? 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z So hasn't she lied and bilked Woody Allen all these years? The Woody Allen Reboot You Won’t See at the Oscars (or Maybe Anywhere) 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z He’s animated about a state supreme court justice accused of bilking taxpayers with a lavish office redesign, including a $32,000 couch. Could this 'military guy' Democrat find a magic formula to win back blue-collar voters? 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Wells Fargo certainly isn’t the only company found to have engaged in fraudulent activity and abhorrent practices that bilked customers out of their money. Editorials from around Oregon 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Securities & Exchange Commission claims that she bilked investors of $200 million, and in December of a racketeering lawsuit brought by the funds themselves. New York financier Lynn Tilton puts Zohar funds into bankruptcy 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Last summer, two California men were arrested for impersonating DHS agents and bilking at least 150 victims out of more than $6m. Their daughters were held at the border – then the blackmail from fake Ice agents began 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z A lengthy page on an Indian consumer complaints website describes dozens of encounters with jhola chhaap doctors across India, with bilked patients denouncing “bogus” practitioners who “play with innocent people’s lives.” Fake Doctor in India Suspected of Infecting Dozens With H.I.V. 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Federal prosecutors on Friday charged a New York man with bilking investors out of $5.3 million by misrepresenting himself as a fund manager linked to the family behind a drugstore chain. Sony names chief financial officer Yoshida as its new president and chief executive 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Some Jamaicans see little wrong with bilking Americans. In Jamaica’s tourist hub, a state of emergency 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z When the Bundy-types refuse to pay for grazing they are bilking their fellow citizens - it's no different than mooching in to the General Store and helping oneself. Fear of the Federal Government in the Ranchlands of Oregon 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z New statistics on refunds paid through the T’s “on-time performance guarantee” program show the cash-strapped authority was being bilked regularly, with some checks going to people claiming to be on two trains at once. Metro wants to refund fares for late trips. Here’s how that idea worked out in other cities 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z From there, targets would be directed to call a number where an operator would be waiting to bilk them. How robocall moguls outwitted the government and completely wrecked the Do Not Call list 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Jack Black brings all of his boisterous, mischievous energy to the tricky part of Jan Lewan, a regionally popular musician who bilked his elderly fans in what amounted to a pyramid scheme. New video: 'It' tapped into Stephen King's special brand of horror 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Then there’s his penchant for not paying his bills and bilking workers / contractors the money they were owed for goods and services they provided. Trump Promised to Protect Steel. Layoffs Are Coming Instead. 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z North Dakota Securities Commissioner Karen Tyler says Kevin Wanner, of Bismarck, is accused of bilking 66 investors from North Dakota over 15 years. Broker agrees to pay victims of Bismarck man’s Ponzi scheme 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z VA fraud alleged: A Santa Monica parking lot operator was arrested and charged with bilking the U.S. Essential California: The race for California governor could be close 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z A Santa Monica parking lot mogul was arrested Wednesday and charged with bilking the U.S. Westside parking lot operator charged with bilking VA out of $11 million 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z U.S. prosecutors say Katherine Kealoha bilked banks, relatives and two children whose trusts she oversaw to fund the couple’s lavish lifestyle. Lawyers: Ex-Honolulu police chief, wife can’t afford counsel 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Federal officials say more than $400 million was bilked from insurers by multiple pharmacies. Nurse practitioner indicted in Mississippi drug fraud case 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Federal officials allege more than $400 million was bilked from insurers by pharmacies. Physician is latest indicted in pharmacy fraud schemes 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Federal officials allege more than $400 million was bilked from insurers by a number of pharmacies. Physician is latest indicted in pharmacy fraud schemes 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Yet he doesn’t seem to mind if they know he has bilked them. Opinion | Trump’s Cabinet can’t seem to stop taking private planes 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z That followed a scandal, made public in 2010 after her butler secretly recorded politicians, lawyers and friends as they bilked her for millions of euros. A shareholder pact is rocked by Liliane Bettencourt’s death 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The fraudulent profile was part of an elaborate scheme bilking the elderly, divorcées, widows and other vulnerable people out of millions of dollars by posing as romantic interests, federal prosecutors said. He said he was in love. She sent him money. Then he disappeared. 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z Sports radio talk show host Craig Carton and another man were arrested Wednesday on charges of bilking millions of dollars from investors in a concert-ticket selling scheme. Sports Radio Host Craig Carton Charged in Concert Ticket Ponzi Scheme 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Wells Fargo & Co. is facing another consumer class-action lawsuit, this time alleging that it bilked home loan borrowers by charging them extra fees when their applications were delayed — even when it was the bank’s fault. Wells Fargo hit with new class-action lawsuit over mortgage lock-in fees 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The employment agencies were also charged with bilking the French state of social security contributions totaling nearly €12 million. France’s Macron Looks to Confront Eastern Europe Over Low-Cost Workers 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Wanner allegedly bilked money from about 40 people. Former Bismarck securities agent facing criminal charges 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Federal Trade Commission report indicated that scam artists are ramping up their efforts via phone to bilk people out of their hard-earned money. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Last week the SEC charged 13 individuals with using high-pressure sales tactics to bilk more than 100 small investors—including many senior... The Wolves of Long Island 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Trumpism is an easygoing belief system that indulges and excuses the stiffing of contractors, the conning of students, the bilking of investors, the exploitation of women and the practices of nepotism and self-dealing. Opinion | In Trump’s world, innocence is proved by guilt 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Throughout her career, she has focused on issues close to her district, including police killings, affordable housing shortages and financial institutions that bilk consumers. ‘Auntie Maxine’ Waters Goes After Trump and Goes Viral 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Spaccia and several other former officials were accused of bilking the blue-collar Los Angeles suburb of millions of dollars through a long-running scheme to pay themselves hugely inflated salaries they hid from the public. Court reverses corruption counts in California city scandal 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z The Orange County district attorney’s office said Monday the charges were filed in connection with a three-year investigation into a scheme involving the illegal recruitment of patients to bilk the insurance system. 16 charged in alleged Southern California insurance fraud 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Eric C. Conn pleaded guilty just months ago to bilking the government out of potentially $550 million in bogus Social Security disability cases. Eric C. Conn, Social Security fraudster, cuts monitoring device, is on the run from the law 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z The “gratuities” the D.C. government receives in return for bilking taxpayers are never enough, and they never will be until voters put city leaders on a diet. D.C. pitches two new affordable housing curveballs 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Around 2000, though, he became entangled in what prosecutors said was a plot to bilk insurance companies of more than $200 million through a fake charity concocted by Martin R. Frankel, a stock trader. Thomas A. Bolan, Understated Force in New York Law, Dies at 92 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z A whistle-blower now says insurers bilked the system of billions of dollars. Donald Trump, Ransomware, North Carolina: Your Tuesday Briefing 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z The 2016 scandal in which Wells bilked more than 2 million customers, sacrificed 5,300 employees, paid more than $327 million in fines and settlements, and clawed back more than $200 million of executive compensation. Wells Fargo: Not for Seattle 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles city attorney filed suit Wednesday against a home healthcare business operator, accusing her companies of bilking hundreds of mostly immigrant workers out of their pay while violating minimum wage and overtime laws. L.A. city attorney accuses home healthcare firm of stealing workers' wages 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z A man who federal prosecutors called a “seasoned financial predator” after bilking a widow and business partners out of millions was sentenced Tuesday to 5 years in prison in U.S. ‘Financial predator’ who stole millions from widows, partners sentenced to 5 years 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The government says Terrance Cosgrove’s crimes, which included bilking the widow and children of his best friend out of the money left to support them, were “diabolical.” ‘Financial predator’ who bilked business partners, widows faces sentencing in Seattle 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z I will not leave the country to become some desolate wasteland, every tax dollar bilked away into the Trump and Kushner bank accounts. 100 days of Trump, and he's not the only one who has learned a lot 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z District Court Judge Edmond Chang said her brazenness in bilking an already cash-strapped school district suggested she never believed she’d get caught in a city with a long, ignominious history of corruption. Supply of yellow fever vaccine on pace to run out by summer 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z The film, Betting on Zero, asked if the company was a vast pyramid scheme that bilked hundreds of thousands of poor, vulnerable people in the US and across the world. Betting on Zero: Herbalife doc feeds investors' feud as director claims 'dirty tricks' 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The now-defunct Trump University ran an aggressive scam to bilk thousands of people for millions of dollars in credit card payments. Trump’s growing corruption: The president’s business conflicts and nepotism become even more flagrant 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z He was indicted by a grand jury of two counts of federal wire fraud on suspicion of bilking the NBA star, court records unsealed in September showed. Financial adviser pleads guilty to defrauding NBA star Duncan 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Simpson was particularly distressed that the settlement did not require Trump to admit fault and to apologize for bilking customers. Judge approves $25 million settlement in Trump University cases 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Authorities say the sophisticated scheme bilked more than 70 mostly elderly Americans, including a North Dakota woman, out of more than $5.6 million. Attorney for Jamaican lottery scam defendant wants out 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z His district would continue to live under a mandate that bilks it of $2.4 million every year. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z The University was suddenly out of hot water, until it wasn’t, and Trump was ordered to pay $25 million to those bilked out of money by the school. What good is Ivanka Trump? The President’s daughter is more than complicit — she’s a chip off the old block 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z The Utility Reform Network, a consumer advocate commonly known as TURN, said in a statement that it was a shame that a bigger sum wasn’t awarded, but that customers are being bilked either way. Panel gives small victory to utilities in nuke plant lawsuit 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Department of Justice of bilking investors in a tax-shelter scam in which they allegedly offered financial stakes in nonexistent cemeteries in Virginia and New York. Tax dollars keep flowing to landlord D.C. is suing over housing conditions 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Prosecutors say Glenn Defense Marine Asia bilked the Navy out of $35 million. Navy commander charged in wide-ranging bribery case 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The bureau has returned billions of dollars to bilked consumers since it was created in 2011. Consumer Watchdog Faces Attack by House Republicans 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The payment settles allegations that the contractor bilked the government at Hanford for five years. Hanford contractor to pay $5.3M to settle timecard fraud 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z The citizens of San Diego refused to be bilked by a billionaire unsatisfied with Qualcomm Stadium, the team’s now former home. The Chargers Moving to Los Angeles Is an NFL Relocation Farce 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z And as investigations proceed in several other countries into the alleged bilking of colossal sums from 1MDB, an indebted state investment-fund whose advisory board Mr Najib once chaired, the prime minister himself remains untouched. Najib Razak appears secure, but looks can deceive 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z “At that point, there was only so much we could do. What ended up happening is we restricted his ability to bilk the living snot out of us.” Navy repeatedly dismissed evidence that ‘Fat Leonard’ was cheating the 7th Fleet 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z This summer, Fox pleaded guilty to bilking customers out of at least $45 million in what one prosecutor described as a “wine Ponzi scheme.” Man who ran 'wine Ponzi scheme' is sentenced to 6½ years in prison 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Big construction companies, including Odebrecht SA, are accused of forming a cartel to bilk Petrobras and remain blacklisted from doing business with the government agencies they depend on for contracts. Brazil’s Big Companies Hinder Its Struggle to Recover 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z One audit in 2015 found paralegals at the agency were directed by supervisors to falsify their hours, while another audit identified one examiner who likely bilked $25,000 worth of time in 2014 alone. Patent examiners cheated on time cards yet still received high ratings, inspector general says 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Oh the problems of the !% who got their money by bilking the 99%. How to Hide $400 Million 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z One of his lawyers said the woman engaged in a scheme to bilk him of millions of dollars and lied about their relationship. Dermatologist accused of taking $2.3M in medical deductions 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Some of the people that Andrew Caspersen bilked out of millions of dollars are asking a federal judge to show mercy on the now-disgraced scion of a well-known Wall Street family. Victims Seek Mercy for a Wall St. Scion Who Defrauded Them 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Bruce Foucart, assistant director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s homeland security investigations, said the scammers conducted online research on potential targets using Facebook and other online sources and bilked “savvy, successful and law-abiding people.” Justice Department charges dozens in massive Indian call center scheme 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Voters might be left with the impression I-1501 is the brainchild of consumer or privacy groups in response to a surge in identity thieves bilking elderly or disabled people. Behind Washington I-1501 lies union’s feud with conservative think tank 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Oh the problems of the !% who got their money by bilking the 99%. How to Hide $400 Million 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Trump games the system and doesn't pay federal taxes bilking the public while being a billionaire and that's ok. Officials Fight Donald Trump’s Claims of a Rigged Vote 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Schneiderman is also suing the Republican nominee over Trump University, alleging that the businessman ran a fraudulent online education program that bilked students. Trump Foundation: the allegations against Donald's charity, explained 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z But Medicare’s checks on abuse haven’t kept up with the ballooning use, the senators said, meaning that more people could be bilking the system and fueling the epidemic with drugs subsidized by U.S. taxpayers. Medicare’s lack of federal control feeds opioid crisis, senators say 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Congress does the drug industry’s bidding, defending business practices that bilk patients, taxpayers and anyone who buys health coverage. Could California lower drug prices for all? 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z In Vermont, meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange Commission has recently accused developers of bilking EB-5 investors out of hundreds of millions supposedly destined for a ski resort and other projects. Congress’s immigration scheme 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z But there is a deeper explanation for Mr Trump’s willingness to admit to dodging taxes and bilking small contractors. No happy ending 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z That thousands of its employees bilked customers points to a broader ethical rot at Wells Fargo. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z But now a group of those investors are back in court, going after an unusual target: not the man they say bilked them, but the bank where he stored their cash. Korean investors sue Wilshire Bank over fraud that cost them millions 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Over a period of four years federal officials said that Lorenzo owned or controlled eight home health care agencies that bilked Medicare. Miami man headed to jail for massive Medicare fraud scheme 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z The lawsuits accuse Trump of bilking students who paid as much as $35,000 each for an opportunity to learn his real estate investment strategies. Judge to hear arguments over release of Trump video testimony 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z An indictment filed Monday in Brooklyn charges the defendants of bilking Medicare and Medicaid by referring customers to medical clinics and taking illegal kickbacks in return. 5 indicted in $38 million New York health care fraud scheme 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z A lawyer says a Navy admiral will plead guilty to lying in a probe of a bribery scandal that bilked the Navy out of $34 million. The Latest: Navy admiral pleads guilty to lying to feds 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z First, of course, are the straightforward allegations that the “university” was really a scam operation, bilking students as part of a fraudulent scheme. State Attorneys General get caught up in 'Trump U' scandal 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Trump alleges that Shnaider was an incompetent developer and was bilking condo owners; Shnaider wants to remove Trump's name from the building. Tale of Trump and partner in Azerbaijan real estate project 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Trump alleges that Shnaider was an incompetent developer and was bilking condo owners; Shnaider wants to remove Trump’s name from the building. Tale of Trump and partner in Azerbaijan real estate project 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Trump alleges that Shnaider was an incompetent developer and bilking condo owners; Shnaider wants to remove Trump’s name from the building. Trump OK'd partner with alleged Iran laundering family ties 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Schneiderman said Trump “bilked people out of millions of dollars” and promised to “make sure he pays it back”. Trump used 'fraud' university to pocket millions, New York attorney general says 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z It was bad enough when former “students” at “Trump University” filed a lawsuit alleging Donald Trump’s enterprise was a scam that bilked those who attended. The 'Trump University' train wreck jolts presidential race 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Webb, of Lee's Summit, already was indicted in March on charges that she bilked hundreds of thousands of dollars from Black & Veatch while serving as a global payroll manager. Missouri woman accused of embezzling $1.2M from Garmin 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z The person familiar with Platinum’s position called the lawsuits a frivolous attempt to bilk Platinum of cash. Special Report: A top hedge fund manager that's too hot for some to handle 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z In New York, four top executives of the nonprofit Narco Freedom were indicted last year, accused of attempting to bilk the government out of sober home payments. Addiction epidemic fuels runaway demand for ‘sober homes’ 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The defendant “shamefully bilked an elderly, vulnerable man,” Ken Thompson, the district attorney, said in a statement on Monday. Man Who Stole Jazz Pianist Cecil Taylor’s Prize Money Is Sentenced 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z And how did so many smart collectors get bilked out of millions? Claims of a Ponzi Scheme in the Collapse of a Rare-Wine Seller 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z Prosecutors say Lanier helped the fugitive run a company that bilked hundreds more investors. Austin lawyer gets 17 years, must repay $37M in stock scam 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z At least many players fall in the category of millionaires, which isn’t true for the majority of saps bilked by the billionaire owners. SNYDER: Despite insistence otherwise, NFL is a cold, calculating business 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z The target is a chain of assisted-living facilities that systematically bilks vulnerable senior citizens. 'Better Call Saul' recap: Boring corporate law? Jimmy prefers wild side 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z He was indicted in May on charges related to a real estate scheme that authorities said bilked $147,000 from investors. Ex-Traficant aide pleads guilty to bank fraud charges 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z U.S. prosecutors have accused Glenn Defense Marine Asia of bilking the Navy out of at least $20 million. Epic Navy bribery scandal shows how easy it can be to steal military secrets 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z He even acknowledged, when asked about the company earlier this year, that Goldman is a member of the dastardly cartel that’s bilking the American people. Ted Cruz’s Goldman Sachs Problem 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Alabama, Clemson, Michigan State and Oklahoma were among big-money collegiate programs taking the high road by not bilking their own students. Trump Says N.F.L. Is Boring; It Has Actually Never Been More Exciting 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Most corrupt detentions in port consist of “squeeze and release” bilking schemes intended to get bribes, said Douglas Lindsay, the lead partner with Maritime Resolve, a recovery firm based in England. Maritime ‘Repo Men’: A Last Resort for Stolen Ships 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z More recently, the department’s inspector general said the VA was bilked out of nearly $400,000 in relocation bonuses by two senior executives who orchestrated their own transfers to new jobs. Sloan Gibson lashes out during VA committee hearing 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z They are accused of using trading strategies to bilk the exchanges out of rebates and avoiding fees for equity options orders that disadvantaged others traders. Spoofing Case Shows Fine Line Between Fair and Fraud 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z In pleading guilty, he also acknowledged bilking Dosko Co., a South Korean steelmaker, by pretending to promote a show by the pop singer. Man guilty in Web dating scam; also ran Pharrell show scheme 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Most big-deal college athletic departments appear only too happy to bilk students, while few return any funds to the academic endowment. Trump Says N.F.L. Is Boring; It Has Actually Never Been More Exciting 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z The offshore mutual fund bilked an estimated 800 investors in Latin America and the United States including retirees, according to prosecutors. Ohio judge detains until trial fraud suspect captured in Peru 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Chris Christie yelled at moderators for asking about regulating fantasy football, even though millions of Americans could be bilked by unsavory gambling operators. These Republicans are petulant children: What’s really behind their whining about the big, bad media 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The business was upended after a batch of incoming funds allegedly included $1 million bilked in a phone scam from a Canadian-Chinese man. In China’s Alleyways, Underground Banks Move Money 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Montgomery County, with wide swaths of wealthy neighborhoods, has witnessed a series of high-dollar bilking cases in recent years. Elderly Bethesda man bilked of hundreds of thousands of dollars 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Her office has also prosecuted major health care fraud cases, including one involving a Detroit-area doctor who was sentenced in July to 45 years in prison for bilking Medicare and private insurers of $34 million. U.S. Pursues Several Paths in Volkswagen Probe 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Chen seemed to think that Abacus, far from taking risks to help his countrymen, was part of an American conspiracy to bilk Chinese immigrants of their savings. A Chinatown Bank Accused of Fraud 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z James Peister of St. James, on Long Island, pleaded guilty last November to committing securities fraud, bilking 74 investors of $17.9 million. Stocks close down because of concerns over weak global growth 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z James Peister, of St. James, on Long Island, pleaded guilty in November to committing securities fraud, bilking 74 investors of $17.9 million. NY businessman who admitted $18M Ponzi scheme gets 6 years 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Many of the people now complaining they were bilked, the site says, had only positive things to say on their evaluations. Donald Trump billed his ‘University’ as a road to riches, but critics call it a fraud 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z We applaud the FTC’s action against companies that were clearly involved in an automatic funding scheme where consumers are given loans they never approved then bilked for payments they never authorized. Online lenders, unconstrained by state laws, fill void where payday loan shops are banned 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Nebraska cut ties with Combs this month after he was arrested on suspicion of bilking hundreds of thousands of dollars from two elderly women. Ex-Omaha sportscaster Schuetz new PA man at Memorial Stadium 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Creager says Combs was a lifelong family friend of one woman he’s accused of bilking. Attorney: Ex-Nebraska announcer not guilty of bilking women 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z The word does not adequately capture the cruelty and crookedness of selling a lie to vulnerable people in order to bilk them. Lotteries, payday lending, and the swindling of America’s poor 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z But still there is a sense of guilt among Finns that they might be bilking the system, with customs officials embarrassed that their colleagues sometimes nip across the border. Shop frontiers: the rise of cross-border buying around the world 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Two years after New York socialite Brooke Astor died in 2007, her son, Anthony Marshall, was convicted of bilking her of millions of dollars. Protecting dementia sufferers from scammers gains ground in U.S. 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Rogan is a former hospital CEO in custody on charges related to allegations he took part in a scheme to bilk government health programs out of tens of millions of dollars. Judge brags about Blackhawks during federal court hearing 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Of those, 33 people were part of a national initiative announced Thursday that led to charges against 243 people accused of bilking Medicare and Medicaid. Officials announce health fraud crackdown in Alaska 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The sweep has led to charges against 243 people, including doctors, nurses and pharmacy owners around the country accused of bilking Medicare and Medicaid. Feds’ health care fraud sweep charges 12 in Kentucky 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Last month, the commissioner revealed that criminals had used taxpayers’ personal information to gain access through the agency’s website to tax returns while bilking the agency out of at least $39 million in fraudulent refunds. I.R.S. Increases Efforts to Prevent Identity Theft and Fraud 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The Times story focused on one landlord, Yury Baumblit, a two-time felon accused by tenants and former employees of treating poor people as instruments for bilking the government. New York City Task Force to Investigate ‘Three-Quarter’ Homes 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Take the case of former Los Angeles Clippers forward Craig Smith, who says he was bilked out of more than $2 million. How the rich sometimes end up poor 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Prosecutors say he also used a Pennsylvania postal worker’s identity to bilk more than $445,000 from women he met online. Maryland man to plead not guilty in fake Pharrell show case 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Prosecutors say he also used a Pennsylvania postal worker's identity to bilk more than $445,000 from women he met online. Maryland man to plead not guilty in fake Pharrell show case 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Some also were concerned about fly-by-night operations bilking the system. New law overhauls special education funding in Tennessee 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Prosecutors alleged that sellers were bilked of as much as $400 million in commissions. A. Alfred Taubman, billionaire convicted of price fixing, dies at 91 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z The host asked Patrick Davis if he believes that some conservative groups exist not to affect elections but to bilk donors. How a Conservative Oilman Was Fleeced 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Facing charges of bribery and bilking Medicare, Recarey fled the country to avoid prosecution. Jeb Bush’s tie to fugitive goes against business-savvy image he promotes 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z “It appears the Small Business Administration is bilking the American taxpayers to play favorites and bail out companies that can’t make it in the marketplace,” says director Diana Banister. Inside the Beltway: Donald Trump launches presidential campaign exploratory committee 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Obama dismissed concerns that new regulations might drive up costs, saying, “You shouldn’t be in business” if that business is “bilking hardworking Americans.” Plan to rein in ‘conflicted’ financial advice would be hard to enforce 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Attorney’s Office in Syracuse says Bonnie Meislin of Utica was found guilty Wednesday of health care fraud and conspiring with her former employer to bilk Medicare. Central New York woman convicted of health care fraud 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Rabine admitted selling prescription painkillers outside his former gym in Glens Falls, and to bilking Medicaid. Former NY gym owner pleads guilty in drug case 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z A deep-sea treasure hunter accused of bilking his investors is due back in court. 5 Things to Know in Florida for Feb. 12 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Prosecutors said the five employees helped Madoff bilk investors of billions of dollars in his massive Ponzi scheme by creating fake documents and backdating trades. U.S. prosecutors seek longer sentences for Madoff aides 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z That merely raises the question of what, exactly, constitutes “bilking.” Plan to rein in ‘conflicted’ financial advice would be hard to enforce 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z They’re among 20 people accused since March of bilking the system. New Jersey accuses 4 of Sandy aid fraud 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z A Texas man who operated Bitcoin Savings and Trust was charged on Thursday with bilking his investors, in what prosecutors called the first federal criminal securities fraud case arising from a bitcoin-related Ponzi scheme. U.S. charges Texas man with running bitcoin Ponzi scheme 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z I for one am sick of professional sports teams bilking us out of millions of dollars so they can make more millions. Wary of Losing Rams, St. Louis Is Set to Huddle on Stadium 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z The U.S. attorney’s office says James Yiu Lee entered the plea Thursday, acknowledging that he used shell corporation accounts to hide money he got from investors he bilked in online trading schemes. San Diego man pleads guilty in $10M investor fraud 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z In July, the agency filed a lawsuit accusing T-Mobile US Inc. of using cramming to bilk customers of hundreds of millions of dollars. AT&T to pay $105 million to settle 'mobile cramming' cases 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The Journal Gazette’s Frank Gray wrote about one in 2012, when a contractor apparently stole the name of a reputable local company to bilk a senior citizen on a driveway resurfacing job. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Information gleaned from the accounts at issue figured in the indictments of scores of police officers, firefighters and other civil servants on charges of bilking the Social Security system with false disability claims. Facebook Suit Over Warrants Can Proceed, Court Rules 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z A former Newport Beach man who was a fugitive for 15 years pleaded guilty Monday to charges related to his role in an Internet scheme that bilked investors of $13 million. Man pleads guilty to fraud in $13-million investment scheme 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z A Michigan cancer doctor who admitted putting patients through unnecessary chemotherapy treatments and bilking health insurers pleaded guilty to fraud Tuesday. Health Highlights: Sept. 19, 2014 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Authorities say she bilked clients of more than $80,000 that she promised would be paid toward loan modifications on their homes. LI woman charged in loan modification scam 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said that the former officer, Joseph Esposito, was one of four people who concocted a scheme that bilked the federal government out of more than $27 million. Ex-Officer Pleads Guilty in Disability Fraud Scheme 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Pebbles Miller, 28, met the man at a gas station in June 2012, and bilked the man between September 2012 and January 2013, according to a news release from the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. Woman who faked cancer gets 5 years for bilking man of $95K 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z A Maryland man is facing federal fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and other charges for allegedly bilking more than $1.1 million from elderly men and women through online dating sites. Maryland man charged with defrauding elderly on dating sites 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z The stated purpose was a news conference on the arrest of an acquaintance who was accused of bilking Mr. Taylor of $500,000 in prize money. Man Accused of Stealing Prize Money From Jazz Genius 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z He never showed up, but a European woman claiming to be his lawyer managed to bilk another $25,000 out of the woman before she returned to Arizona. American women targeted as Malaysia becomes Internet scam haven: U.S. 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z In a lawsuit filed Monday in Chicago, federal lawyers said IPC The Hospitalist Co. bilked Medicare and Medicaid by billing for more expensive care than was provided. IPC The Hospitalist defrauded Medicare and Medicaid, U.S. lawsuit says 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z At first glance, many probably dismiss this news as just an example of plutocrats bilking plutocrats. The newest threat to the middle class: Why private equity is becoming public problem 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z "These alleged criminals not only bilked thousands of dollars from unsuspecting Americans but they also called into question the integrity and honor of the DEA and all law enforcement," Leonhart said. Dominican Republic citizens charged by U.S. in extortion scheme 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Shirakawa served seven months of a 15-month jail sentence after pleading guilty in November to 12 charges, including gambling with public funds and bilking donors to his political campaigns. Former California supervisor released from jail 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Despite a regulatory record of six- and seven-figure investor complaints against him, Mr. Hotton attracted no media attention until after he was accused of bilking about $60,000 from the “Rebecca” producers. DealBook: New Evidence May Reopen Broker Fraud Case 2014-04-25T01:36:21Z It is not uncommon for lawyers to be indicted on charges of bilking clients out of money or being involved in fraudulent schemes. DealBook: Former Top Leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf Are Indicted 2014-03-06T16:28:29Z Last month, the Justice Department accused United States Investigations Services, the largest private provider of security checks for the government, of bilking the government of millions of dollars through improper background checks. Trawl the Net, says Congress report on U.S. security clearances 2014-02-11T15:25:06Z Founders of the Faith Christian Academy in Polk County were convicted of bilking the state of $200,000 through false enrollments. Creationism, at taxpayer expense: Secrets of the GOP’s frightening new school voucher schemes 2014-02-03T12:45:00Z “It’s disappointing that a civil servant got away with bilking the American people for so long.” Deposition transcript of John Beale, ex-EPA official who faked being CIA officer, released 2014-01-23T02:03:34Z That is the same year, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission, in which he helped mastermind a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors of $52 million over the next two years. Paradise of Untouchable Assets 2013-12-14T20:45:42Z The Securities and Exchange Commission is redoubling its effort to combat the manipulation of “microcap” stocks, opening about half a dozen investigations each month into schemes suspected of bilking mom-and-pop investors, agency officials said. SEC ups efforts to combat manipulations of ‘microcap’ stocks 2013-11-28T21:49:07Z Allen Stanford was sentenced in 2012 to 110 years in prison for bilking investors with fraudulent certificates of deposit issued by Stanford International Bank, his bank in Antigua. SEC battles with industry fund over Stanford victims' claims 2013-10-16T21:05:06Z Has your good name been sullied by an indictment for corporate excesses such as bribery, fraud or bilking investors? Risky business 2013-04-23T23:31:23Z Has your good name been sullied by an indictment for corporate excesses such as bribery, fraud, bilking investors? Image at risk? Clinton ex-counsel is there for you 2013-04-23T16:03:17Z Stanford was sentenced in June to 110 years in prison for bilking investors with fraudulent certificates of deposit issued by Stanford International Bank, his bank in Antigua. Stanford receivers reach settlement with Antigua in fraud case 2013-03-13T03:10:53Z Before his arrest, Perumal had been gambling heavily, built up debts and bilked his syndicate by pocketing money meant to be used to fix matches, Eaton added. Arrested Singaporean reveals match-fixing secrets 2013-02-14T12:12:09Z Wasendorf, 64, admitted last July that he had bilked tens of thousands of clients over a period of two decades. Peregrine boss Wasendorf gets 50 years jail for fraud 2013-02-01T00:47:05Z Shareholders would lose nothing from the little wangle; it was merely the public purse that would be bilked of precious millions. Banks and bonuses: gaming the public 2013-01-16T22:15:07Z If Herbalife is truly a swindle whose success is built primarily on bilking hapless victims, rather than the popularity of its products, the company will eventually fail. Is Herbalife a Pyramid Scheme, the Target of Market Manipulation, or Just a Good Gripping Yarn? 2013-01-09T18:31:16Z Politico’s account at first makes Armey seem like a whistleblower, a man of conscience standing up to Matt Kibbe, who he alleges bilked the group to get a book deal. Grand old grifters rebuked 2012-12-06T13:26:00Z Partly because they are not paid properly, they bilk the system and get away with it, thanks to political contacts. Development in India: A tale of two villages 2012-11-15T16:05:22Z After disasters like , scam artists invariably slink onto the scene to raise money for fake charities or bilk the government of disaster aid. Dying Boy Who United Gypsum, Colo., Ends Up Being a Hoax 2012-11-15T00:19:55Z “We don’t want our Treasury coffers depleted by people who are bilking the government through fraudulent claims, and we don’t want tax preparers providing people with bad advice.” IRS watchdog thwarts tax evasion schemes 2012-11-14T05:01:00Z India’s most powerful corporation, which he accused of exerting political influence to bilk billions of dollars on natural gas contracts. The Saturday Profile: Arvind Kejriwal Stirs the Pot and Strikes Fear in India 2012-11-09T21:22:25Z Peregrine bilked $100 million from its customers over nearly 20 years partly by forging bank statements, and there are no signs that Veraja-Snelling did anything wrong. Analysis: A decade on, is Sarbanes-Oxley working? 2012-07-29T15:51:02Z Allen Stanford was sentenced in June to 110 years in prison for bilking investors with fraudulent certificates of deposit issued by his Stanford International Bank in Antigua. Former Stanford executive says in limbo as SEC case drags 2012-07-22T14:42:39Z Stanford bilked investors around the world through the sale of fraudulent certificates of deposit issued by his offshore bank in Antigua. Allen Stanford moved to high-security Florida prison 2012-07-19T16:24:22Z Mr. Stanford was sentenced in June to 110 years in prison for bilking investors with fraudulent certificates of deposit issued by Stanford International Bank, his bank in Antigua. S.E.C. Loses Ruling in Stanford Ponzi Scheme Case 2012-07-03T22:00:51Z The plaintiffs brought antitrust claims against the banks, saying they were bilked of potentially billions of dollars. Analysis: Investors may shun big Libor lawsuit and go it alone 2012-07-03T20:28:26Z Allen Stanford was sentenced in June to 110 years in prison for bilking investors with fraudulent certificates of deposit issued by Stanford International Bank, his bank in Antigua. Judge Rules Against S.E.C. in Stanford Claims Case 2012-07-03T18:55:11Z Stanford was convicted in March of bilking investors around the world by using bogus certificates of deposit from his offshore bank in Antigua. Ex-Stanford exec Holt pleads guilty to obstruction 2012-06-21T20:03:31Z To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Next with drinks they style "teetotal" he his manhood must degrade; Swilling effervescent syrups—"ice-cream-soda," "raspberry-ade," Koumiss tempts his jaded palate—payment he's obliged to bilk— Then, reduced to destitution, finds forgetfulness in—milk! Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z A Texas doctor is among seven people indicted in a health-care fraud scheme that allegedly bilked Medicare and Medicaid of nearly $375 million. Texas doctor charged in $375 million health-care scam, the largest of its kind 2012-02-28T18:56:00Z He was the butt of the ladies of the pavement round Piccadilly Circus, who used to shout after him, enquire sarcastically “if he had got off last night,” and if his “toff hadn’t bilked him.” The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z It is unclear that there is much money left over for the allegedly bilked investors. Insight: Obama, politicians decline to return Stanford money 2012-02-13T23:40:06Z Stanford is on trial in federal court in Houston accused of bilking investors in his Caribbean bank in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Top Stanford witness says he tried to conceal fraud 2012-02-07T21:45:41Z Stanford is on trial in federal court in Houston, charged with bilking his investors in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme run from his bank in Antigua. Stanford used fake accounting to back bank: witness 2012-02-06T21:04:07Z Prosecutors say Stanford bilked investors in more than 100 countries through the sale of fraudulent certificates of deposit from his offshore bank in Antigua. Stanford sought to influence regulator 2012-01-31T00:47:26Z Stanford, 61, is accused of bilking investors with fraudulent certificates of deposit issued by his offshore bank in Antigua. Judge orders Stanford lawyers to stay on 2012-01-13T22:19:45Z He was all for having your four bones in the block-house, and yourself on the twister; and he's not a cove to be bilked out of his tin. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z When the victim died the wizard claimed his reward by attending the funeral with a blackened face, and bold indeed would be the employer who dared to bilk him. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z The scheme, prosecutors say, bilked investors throughout the United States and Latin America. Judge weighs whether Allen Stanford fit for trial 2011-12-20T18:43:33Z That's not to be confused with the bilk bowls, in which schools are held to ticket allotments in a down economy, while some bowl executives pull down half-million-dollar salaries. Your guide to all 35 bowl games 2011-12-15T06:12:18Z Prosecutors accused Petters of using one of his companies to bilk investors who thought he was using their money to buy consumer electronics for resale to retailers, including Costco Wholesale Corp and Sam's Club. Court affirms 50-year sentence for Ponzi schemer Petters 2011-12-09T22:23:58Z Prosecutors say the company bilked Medicare by paying bonuses to employees and doctors to sign up patients who weren’t dying. Aunt Midge Not Dying in Hospice Reveals $14 Billion U.S. Market 2011-12-06T07:49:52Z So analysts say operators of MEWAs bilked the most vulnerable of Americans in search of affordable coverage for themselves and their workers. Prescriptions Blog: Labor Department Seeks Tougher Rules on 'Multiple-Employer' Plans 2011-12-05T16:48:59Z That’s the status investigators say the suspects in the Philadelphia basement case used to bilk their captives of their benefit checks. US senator unveils bill to close Social Security loopholes seen in Pa. basement captives case 2011-11-28T22:11:18Z And, looking round, whom should I see, But Bookie Johnson hailing me; Johnson, the man who bilked the folks When Ethelrida won the Oaks. The Guards Came Through and Other Poems 2011-11-22T03:00:11.683Z A long history of dodgy investment schemes — the bilking of widows and orphans — led to tough 1930s-era laws regulating how businesses offer stock to the public. Crowd Funding An Option For Start-Ups? 2011-11-08T20:40:08Z Federal agents swarmed several medical clinics and homes in New York City on Wednesday, arresting 10 people on charges of running Medicare fraud schemes that bilked the government out of $95 million, federal officials said. City Room: 12 Are Charged in Medicare Fraud Schemes Said to Cost $95 Million 2011-11-02T21:41:57Z Instead of preventing Madoff from bilking unwary investors, Picard's suit alleged the family members stood by and profited while allowing it to continue. Judge drops some claims against Madoff relatives 2011-09-23T02:08:08Z O Mr. Doctor! do you harbour Rogues that bilk poor Folks, and wont pay their Reck'nings? The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce 2011-09-15T02:00:12.030Z Prosecutors said Petters bilked investors who thought he was using their money to buy consumer electronics for resale to retailers such as BJ's Wholesale Club Inc and Costco Wholesale Corp. Ex-Petters execs must face Ponzi claims lawsuit 2011-09-06T19:00:43Z He was hired in Miami in December, long after Shapiro was imprisoned for bilking investors. As Miami deals with fallout from scandal, some ACC rivals offer words of support 2011-08-31T16:16:41Z You and the old man have bilked us out of what we spent on the mine. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z He has also been ordered to pay more than $82 million to bilked investors. Miami players: Focus is on football, not scandal 2011-08-20T00:37:44Z But when frequent changes of address make it too plain that the C.Y.A. is bilking his landlady, and the change of locality is from humble to worse—well, it discreetly draws the curtain. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z Tapie had sued Credit Lyonnaise because he believed the bank had bilked him out of millions of dollars when it sold his ownership stake of Adidas in the 1990s. France investigating Lagarde in multimillion-dollar payout case 2011-08-05T00:31:17Z In doing so, the Afghan government is taking a step toward bringing to justice some of those accused of bilking Kabul Bank of some $900 million. Names of Suspects in Bank Fraud Sent to Afghan Courts 2011-08-01T02:14:15Z The feller that 'll bilk his board bill is come mighty low, sirs. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Investors had been bracing for word of a deepening federal probe since Tenet earlier this month filed a lawsuit accusing its suitor of admitting patients for needless stays and bilking the government and private insurers. U.S. coordinating probe of Community Health 2011-04-25T19:37:08Z Through Thursday, Community shares had fallen nearly 24 percent since Tenet filed its lawsuit on April 11, alleging that its suitor had admitted patients for needless stays and bilked the government and private insurers. UPDATE 1-U.S. gov't coordinating probe of Community Health 2011-04-25T13:02:48Z Tenet accuses its unwanted suitor of admitting patients for needless stays and bilking the U.S. government and private insurers. Special Report: Taking on the real Miami Vice: healthcare fraud 2011-04-13T12:12:01Z Yes, he pleaded guilty to criminal fraud and drew a 150- year sentence for his $20 billion bilking. Uncle Sam Wants Your Money, Not Your Confession: Ann Woolner 2011-03-24T23:05:30Z Federal prosecutors said he bilked investors with the sale of fraudulent certificates of deposit issued by his offshore bank in Antigua. Allen Stanford moved to Butner prison hospital 2011-02-22T21:30:00Z Thursday's totals exclude busts two days earlier in Miami that netted 21 suspects accused of bilking $200 million from Medicare. 111 charged in Medicare scams worth $225 million 2011-02-17T22:03:00Z The precious old pirate; hasn’t he bilked us nicely? The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z But less sophisticated ways of bilking Medicare and Medicaid, sometimes even involving medical services and equipment prescribed by dead doctors, have also been documented. Special Report: Taking on the real Miami Vice: healthcare fraud 2011-04-13T12:12:01Z Called a bilking car, it is intended to deter potential thieves by giving the impression that officers are nearby. Action stations 2011-01-27T14:10:42Z The irony is that all too many cronies of former dictator Suharto won’t see the inside of a prison cell for the untold wealth they bilked from their people. Porn on BlackBerry Overshadows Nastier Obscenity: William Pesek 2011-01-19T22:21:08Z Stanford, 60, and three different officials are accused by the U.S. of bilking investors of more than $7 billion through the sale of allegedly bogus certificates of deposit at Stanford International Bank Ltd. Receiver Sues 3 Ex-Stanford Officers for $7 Million 2010-12-20T22:26:01Z The once-high flying billionaire is charged with bilking thousands of investors in a scheme involving certificates of deposit issued by his bank on the island of Antigua. Stanford too medicated to prepare for trial: lawyer 2010-12-07T18:52:00Z If there were such a short-term gap in scrutiny, might unscrupulous advisers bilk investors? Will Shaking Up the Market Watchdogs Work? 2010-12-04T01:25:00Z The scheme bilked insurance companies of more than $6 million, prosecutors said. City Room: A Glimpse Into the World of Shady Medical Billing 2010-10-22T16:30:00Z The eight defendants, arrested on September 21, are collectively accused of bilking taxpayers in the blue-collar city of 40,000 out of roughly $5.5 million through excessive salaries, benefits and illicit loans of public money. Court monitor sought for California city in pay scandal 2010-10-22T10:36:00Z The eight are collectively accused of bilking taxpayers in Bell, a blue-collar city of 40,000 near Los Angeles, out of roughly $5.5 million through excessive salaries, benefits and illicit loans of public money. | West: California: Oversight Is Sought for City in Pay Scandal 2010-10-22T03:08:00Z "CALCULATED GREED" Rizzo was charged with 53 counts of misappropriation of public funds and conflict of interest, allegedly bilking the city out of about $4.3 million. Mayor, officials arrested in California pay scandal 2010-09-22T14:01:00Z Stanford, 60, is accused of leading the Ponzi scheme that used phony certificates of deposit issued by Stanford International Bank in Antigua to bilk investors around the world. Court hearing on Stanford defense fees begins 2010-08-24T20:34:00Z Some recent bloodshed was even pegged to a that bilked thousands of their savings. Violence Said to Be Rising in Sudan?s Darfur Region 2010-08-05T01:20:00Z In Midland, where Bob goes by the name Robert Allen, he is bilking local investors and deceiving his girlfriend. Advertising: Fox Uses Previews to Give ?Lone Star? Wide Exposure 2010-07-28T23:25:00Z Bronx-raised and Harvard-trained, he litigated the first case in which an American contractor, Custer Battles, was held responsible for bilking taxpayers in Iraq. Alan Grayson's plan: Break the rules and survive 2010-06-28T11:01:00Z Criminal and civil complaints filed in Manhattan federal court said Starr, 65, who is also a lawyer, bilked high net-worth investors through Starr Investment Advisers and Starr & Co. U.S. charges financial adviser to stars with fraud 2010-05-27T14:49:00Z At his courtroom appearance on Friday, Mr. Hochfelder spoke in a low voice as he read the names of investors he had bilked, including some relatives. Hochfelder Pleads Guilty to Stealing $18 Million 2010-05-22T04:47:00Z As President Obama warned in his recent address to Wall Street, if your business model is based on bilking your customers, it is time to change how you do business. Another View: Market Makers or Market Gamers? 2010-05-04T17:56:00Z Except that in some desperate cases it may be that going bust and bilking one's creditors is a better option than making impossible cuts and warring with voters. The default option 2010-05-02T23:05:00Z “Unless your business model depends on bilking people, there is little to fear from these new rules,” Barack Obama told bankers in a speech delivered in New York on April 22nd. Fixing finance: Too big to fail 2010-04-27T11:15:00Z And unless your business model depends on bilking people, there is little to fear from these new rules. Text of Obama's financial reform speech 2010-04-22T16:40:00Z But the inevitable result is taxpayers being bilked, as subsidized industries freely raise prices and continue engaging in destructive behavior, knowing government and/or captive consumers will keep financing the binge. Progressive: Not just a euphemism for liberal 2010-03-27T00:20:00Z Prosecutors allege he bilked clients through the sale of fraudulent certificates of deposit issued by his offshore bank in Antigua, using proceeds to bankroll a life of luxury. 2010-02-05T16:48:00Z Vidler “cut up,” and Salome took the card upon the top, exclaimed “Two for his heels,” scored them, and Vidler frowned, for his “bilk” accorded wonderfully well with the turned-up card. A Double Knot That the delusive Wix “bilked” him, by going down a trap. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 As I was passing through the gate, one of the men rushed at me, caught the bridle of my horse, and said, “Come, pay the fare; you ain’t going to bilk me a second time!” Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Then Antony Harrison told us all his campaigns in the Peninsula, and that capital story how he bilked the tavern-keeper in Portsmouth. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 In youth we hedge, we balk, we bilk, over and over again. Captain Macedoine's Daughter Those of our crew who would glory in 'bilking' a runner or a Dutchman were strangely decent, even generous, in their dealings. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea “My own case exactly,” said I. “Here, let’s bilk them,” said he. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) You cannot bilk cabmen nor cheat at cards; there is something in your making forbids that as strongly as an instinct. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism "And you wouldn't bilk the angel when he handed in his bill?" he went on. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas He walked out of his marriage like a man bilking his rent.' Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists "My lucky's in," he cried to a friend upon another box, "it's a quid if I ain't bilked." Aladdin of London or, Lodestar “Hang!” simultaneously shouted the two hackney-drivers, who seemed as bitter against the disgraced duellist as if he had “bilked” them of a fare. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley And you're not the chap to bilk him of his due. The Dop Doctor But wouldn't it have been a dirty act to bilk him of his money, all the more as it would have been so easy? Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas The whole meeting, in fact, was what is vulgarly called a bilk. Merry-Garden and Other Stories “I could have glad rags, too, if you hadn’t bilked me out of four thousand dollars.” Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour Ha!" he exclaimed, "I have bilked you yet. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 They got on money matters; and, seeing plain how she'd been bilked, my wife gave the welsher a bit of her mind, and he showed his teeth in a way that meant Murder. The Dop Doctor "You didn't tell us he had a bump for bilking!" jeers a fiend—"bilking," I believe, is 'Arryan for going away without paying. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 24, 1887 Free bilking, free burgling, and so on, sound no less contradictory. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England To have a female confidence game played on a man would leave less of a sting than to be bilked by a male. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 A bilk," said the grocery man, as he watched the boy, "is a fellow that plays a man for candy, or money, or anything, and don't intend to return an equivalent. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 You are a high-toned, gentlemanly sort of a bilk, and wouldn't take anything you couldn't lift. Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 After a little delay, the waggoner drove off, cursing him for a bilk, and vowing that he’d never have any more to do with a “lamed man.” Japhet in Search of a Father He's dug up proof that the real Willa Murdaugh died and she is just a trapper's daughter from the wilds somewhere, whom that gambler adopted in order to bilk the estate later. The Fifth Ace Out rushed the amazed turnpike man, thus unmercifully bilked, and was nearly trampled to death under the feet of Paterson's horse. Rookwood Were the owners and occupiers of the blocks of offices paid for them, or were they bilked like the hotel proprietors? Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 But I really wish we knew whether this fellow means to come—twenty minutes past the hour—I think it is odds that you are bilked, Sir Bingo?” St. Ronan's Well Wouldn't believe I didn't want to bilk him. Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm Then this is a clear case of 'bilk' on his part. On the Heels of De Wet Johnny Wilkes, Johnny Wilkes, Thou greatest of bilks, How changed are the notes you now sing! The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 When he was passing behind Harte's chair one of them said, "He's the one!"—and they pounced upon him and proposed to turn him over to the police as a bilk. Chapters from My Autobiography You don't look like a fellow who would bilk a girl, but it puts me into better trim when I have been paid.' The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 Well," said the maid with a burst of courage, "he says there's a gentleman here who—who bilked him—who passed a piece of bad money on him in the dark. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 The beggar, with a livid face and clinched cane, confronted the Congressman like a maniac."You bilk!" he cried. Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 For the time being nothing seemed worth while: he was disgusted with himself, the undergraduates, and the fraternity; he felt that the college had bilked him. The Plastic Age After a little delay, the wagoner drove off, cursing him for a bilk, and vowing that he'd never have any more to do with a "lamed man." Japhet, in Search of a Father Had that great man succeeded in bilking the toll, what a thing it would ha’ been for us! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 4, 1841 Well, Summer is gone, and so is the Sun, And farming is nought but a bilk. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 12, 1891 When they bilked her, she never complained to her husband; at the utmost she shed a few tears. Best Russian Short Stories Who is it thwarts and bilks the inward MUST? The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Associated words: bilk, subrogation. credulous, a. unsuspecting, gullible. Putnam's Word Book All the way down, according to his common practice, he bilked the public-houses, and at last arriving at Doncaster, began to set heartily about the work for which he came down. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences "Bilked!" he moaned piteously, "bilked—and by a blooming Bishop!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 7, 1891 Yet, in the same narrative, Lyttelton says on Saturday morning “that he was very well, and believed he should bilk the ghost”. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts They scare me, skin me, bully me, and bilk me. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 5, 1890 |
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