scheme
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At its core, the crime known as huachicol fiscal is a vast tax evasion scheme centered on falsified paperwork — and corrupt officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Dozens more who worked at his luxury department store have filed for compensation under a redress scheme set up after a 2024 BBC documentary revealed the scale of his alleged offences.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
He fully intended to push through his scheme to sell shares in the World Cup by casting himself, believe it or not, as a defender of the downtrodden and underprivileged.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
In Friday's statement, the government referred to the Fuller inquiry, but made no mention of a statutory scheme.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Samson had planned the scheme, thinking that he could easily defeat his friend and make him go back home.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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The Canadian mockumentary follows a musical duo determined to play at a Toronto rock club through various schemes that inevitably go awry.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
The report cited the rise of AI, which it said “allows criminal actors to potentially conduct successful fraud schemes against individuals, businesses, and financial institutions.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The figures follow government schemes to release a number of offenders early in an effort to ease prison overcrowding.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Additionally, all 12 trustees and 24 schemes are now onboarded to iFAST’s Hong Kong Pension platform as at end-April, which is expected to contribute positively to revenue through 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Once they had found out, they had been hexed with forbidden magic in order to go along with the Uncles’ schemes when they did not want to.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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He schemed to get an imported copy seized by customs to trigger a court case over its content.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 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
Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy schemed against Stafford for 10 seasons when McCarthy coached the Green Bay Packers and Stafford played for the Lions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Furious at Leah, Maggie schemed a way to get Kate’s boys back.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Ms. Aviv writes of a psychotic mother with persecutory delusions who thinks her eldest daughter is in league with a scheming professor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Spaeny and Melton were cast as Ashley and Austin, a Gen-Z couple working at a Montecito country club, dreaming and scheming toward upward mobility, a good 18 months before filming began in early 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
A year ago her predecessor, Peter Kyle, unveiled a set of government tools powered by AI, named "Humphrey" after the scheming official from the classic BBC sitcom Yes, Minister.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
She played the scheming, seductive Iris in the 1970 blaxploitation comedy classic “Cotton Comes to Harlem.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
“He was right behind her, the scheming hyena! Not a coin in his pockets, not a cow to his name.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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