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Pahlawan's crew would later testify they had been duped into taking part, having believed they were working as fishermen.

"The anger, embarrassment and humiliation of the clients who realised they had been duped was palpable in court," he said.

Aspiration was part of that effort, the statement said, and Ballmer was “duped on the investment and on some parts of this agreement, as were many other investors and employees.”

Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it duped customers into signing up for its signature Prime service and made it very difficult for them to cancel.

A jeweller has said AI scammers copied her business name and duped customers into buying cheap items.