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And while they concede that seniors may be more frequently targeted online than those younger, that, too, is based on a false assumption—that their age will make them easier to swindle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

The use of artificial intelligence has only made the swindle easier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

In 2007, a Canadian judge ruled that Felderhof had been unaware of the swindle and found him not guilty of insider trading.

From BBC ● May 18, 2024

That fuelled speculation in Zambian media that some of the suspects might have sought to swindle gold buyers in a fake bullion scam.

From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023

“It’s done. Buster said it out loud, and nearly every human in the system heard him say it. ‘Mercerism is a swindle.’

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

In addition, the researchers found that scammers were creating fake profiles on Facebook so they could run weight-loss-drug swindles there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2024

This also speaks to the hollowness that all ideological language contains, to paraphrase Orwell, in its swindles and perversions, its slovenliness and vagueness.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2023

Draghi said it had not only spawned swindles but had also driven up costs because clients, knowing they would be reimbursed, had no need to bargain with builders over prices.

From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2022

And when the growth of these financial swindles turns into a big tumor on the economy, an expensive and painful readjustment will inevitably follow.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2018

Barring the last one, which was down in Essex, near Maldon, they were simply swindles.

From Aliens by McFee, William

But voters weren’t about to get swindled again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

The government warned about the dangers of crypto and broke up several huge scam operations, including one that allegedly swindled nearly $400 million from thousands of investors.

From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026

Ms Vouzelaud, 38, then tried to explain to him that he had been swindled and the couple urged him to go to the police to file a complaint.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025

It’s a pleasure to be so deftly swindled.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025

“And I skimmed, perhaps, over the details of Lateef’s ring. But by my soul, and by your beards, I’m sorry. Let him who has not swindled a little throw the first stone.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Timothy Barnes was not targeting strangers when he set about swindling people out of nearly £2m - these were his friends and neighbours.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

The company argued attorneys were swindling their own clients, inflating medical bills of car crash victims to increase the value of the settlement and then pocketing a hefty chunk of the payouts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

In August, a St. Louis man was convicted of swindling $200,000 from Kohl’s, according to the U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Missouri.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

He invoked a past prosperity, but his actual plans are to make a fortune by swindling the rest of us.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025

The only person they could ask about the painting was Valfierno himself, the person swindling them.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day