Word: bilked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...millions of other Americans have made it a normal practice to bilk large sums of money out of Uncle Sam at tax time. Says William J. Anderson, the director of the General Accounting Office's general government division: "Extensive evidence shows that non-compliance among both corporate and individual taxpayers is a serious problem, and is getting worse." Adds Theodore Hanson, a partner in the accounting firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.: "Both tax avoidance and nonreporting are on the rise. With tax brackets rising so high, so fast, more people have the attitude of evade...
Steven Jobs of Apple Computer began his rise to fame and fortune by inventing a device to bilk the phone companies on long-distance calls. He should be classed with the "sleazy operators," not the "risk takers...
...headquarters for the program's SCTV satellite net work. Its production offices are located between an H&R Block tax center and a nuclear-waste disposal dump. SCTV President Guy Caballero, a sleazebag in a modified Panama and a white three-piece blend, appears frequently on-camera to bilk, berate or fawn before his audience. Un like one former President of the U.S., who did not like to be photo graphed in his wheelchair, President Caballero will not show up in public without his. He has no physical need for it, understand; he merely finds it useful for inviting...
...introduced the legislation last year, Republican Senator Charles Percy of Illinois warned that computer theft could be as high as $3 billion per year. Even with stepped-up law enforcement, companies themselves will have to be much more vigilant. The MAPS scandal showed how simple it is to bilk a bank electronically. Though the scheme was discovered, the alleged leader had plenty of time to drop out of sight and reportedly to stash much of the missing $21 million in numbered Swiss bank accounts. By Charles Alexander. Reported by Joseph Pilcher/Los Angeles and Paul A. Witteman/San Francisco