scheme
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Social engineering is a type of fraud scheme used to trick victims into providing scammers with passwords, PINs and other personal information.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta this month brought charges against 21 individuals in a major hospice fraud scheme that cost the state’s Medicaid program $267 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
It's true the Welsh government launched a scheme in 2023 that allows sport clubs to apply for up to £25,000 to fund a range of energy-saving improvements.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Prosecutors say around 30 people participated in the scheme, which used highly sophisticated cheating equipment including X-ray tables, and Jones used his fame to lure in victims.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
In short, the Quaker petition for an end of the slave trade was really a stalking horse for a more radical and thoroughgoing scheme to end the institution of slavery itself.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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