bilked
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Twenty-one people are facing charges as part of a massive hospice fraud scheme that prosecutors say bilked California’s medical system out of $267 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Federal prosecutors say dozens of people bilked taxpayers by setting up scam social-services companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
In charges unrelated to Butina’s work, Erickson was sentenced to seven years in prison for schemes in which he bilked investors in fraudulent real estate developments and at eldercare homes.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024
Prosecutors say he bilked insurance companies out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
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.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 by Various
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