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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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The FBI said it has disrupted a highly tailored, hard-to-detect cryptocurrency theft scheme by a North Korean hacking group that has managed to steal billions across the world in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

Miklós Seszták, who served as minister of national development for four of the ex-prime minister's 16-year rule, is accused of accepting bribes as part of a scheme involving the state transport company.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

Special Agent in Charge of Cyber & Counterintelligence at FBI Los Angeles, Jeremy Robertson, details the #FaceStealer social engineering scheme attributed to North Korean hackers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

The money is funding two trailblazer projects in London, one focused on care-experienced young people in 12 boroughs, and a broader scheme that works across the capital.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

In such a scheme, William was an oddity—a man who already did desk work but found it too stressful.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

By the end of June 2026, London's two trailblazer schemes had offered support to more than 2,600 young people.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

With libraries having long moved on from just offering book loans, Rachel said schemes such as this are "vital"

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Charges for EA music lessons for pupils are also set to rise again, and some schemes run in schools will no longer be funded.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

At home, when he was charged with babysitting his little brother, he’d enlist the smaller boy in elaborate role-playing schemes of his own devising.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Such is the consolation offered by any of the current bilingual schemes.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

In the early 1970s, the rock manager Shep Gordon schemed up ways to infuriate moms and dads, knowing it would make his client Alice Cooper look that much cooler to their children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

In December, as the coach of the Atlanta Falcons, he schemed his team to a 27-24 victory over the Rams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Afforded extra space by his manager's decision to play Jack Grealish alongside him in a central position, De Bruyne schemed in the way he usually does.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024

City-states, hoping to win civic glory, sometimes schemed to bribe top athletes to falsely claim that city as their own.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024

And though I had prayed and figured and thought and schemed, I could not come up with a way to make those numbers look any better.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Thanks to this scheming, Yarbrough’s chances—to represent a district that includes parts of one of the most diverse cities in the U.S.—are looking good.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

"I know what I did, I know what we did, and I know how it happened. It didn't feel like we were scheming or plotting."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

What are rising mortgage rates and utility bills when you’ve been neutralized by some bioweapon engineered by a collective of scheming AI agents, recursively self-improving their way to planetary domination?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Hardly the smoking gun that puts him in an Afghan cave, scheming with Osama bin Laden.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

“You’re scheming, aren’t you? You’re thinking you’re going to do it in secret. I can tell.”

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson


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