scheme
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The November 2024 indictment in New York accused the industrialist and multiple subordinates of deliberately misleading international investors as part of a vast bribery scheme.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Especially because, far from stealing money for self-enrichment, she actually paid money to be part of this scheme.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Najib's defence lawyers blamed Low and dubbed him the mastermind of the scheme.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The Motability scheme - where certain disability benefits can be exchanged for a lease on a vehicle - had made the black boxes compulsory for new leaseholders, and all drivers aged under 30, in April.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
He confessed that he participated in Booth’s earlier scheme to kidnap the president, but he denied involvement in, or knowledge of, the assassination plot.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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