defraud
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In the indictment, prosecutors accused her of engaging in a scheme to defraud investors starting around November 2020.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
Zhijia Fan, 48, and Daoyan Shang, 20, both of no fixed abode, deny conspiracy to defraud and possessing an article for use in fraud between January and March 2025.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
There seemed to be a real hunger for some sense of justice for Cook, who did not defraud anyone.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026
The six additional defendants were charged with allegedly taking part in schemes to defraud government-funded housing and autism-services programs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
I’d just have to prove that they were using the telegraph company to defraud.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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