defrauding

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Since 2018, the singer has been accused of defrauding the Spanish government in three cases, for the tax years 2011, 2012-2014 and 2018.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

After the pardon, Schwartz still had to return to Arkansas in late December to serve nine months in prison for defrauding the state’s Medicaid program.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

Cassidy was sentenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court of defrauding her aunt - who has since died - after being convicted in February.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

He also commuted the sentence of David Gentile, a former private-equity executive who was 12 days into serving a seven-year prison sentence for defrauding investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

I felt entirely innocent of defrauding two governments, and did not realize that I was a smuggler.

From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis