Word: scammed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gorgeous scam, simple in design, swift in execution. It worked like a dream, 65 times in ten weeks. The setup: a fugitive from justice in the Los Angeles area receives notice at his last known address that a package containing $2,000 worth of unspecified goods is waiting for him at FIST Bonded Delivery Courier Service. Curiosity piqued and greed aroused, he calls the number on the notice to arrange delivery. The number he dials happens to be a Marine barracks in Pico Rivera in Los Angeles County. The person he speaks with is working for the U.S. Marshals Service...
...delivery scam was part of an intensive man hunt that has swept California during the past 2½ months. Conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service and local law-enforcement officers, FIST (Fugitive Investigative Strike Team) netted 2,116 arrests. Most of the captured felons were being sought for violent crimes, and on the average each had five felony counts on his record. The criminals included 24 accused or convicted murderers, 39 rapists, 13 kidnapers and 272 robbers. Said Marshals Director Stanley Morris of FIST: "I cannot think of any more successful operation in such a time span...
...prone to excessive cost overruns and might not work on the battle field the M-1 tank and the F-18 fighter plane are two examples of this trend. The current Pentagon's proclivity to avoid reality in its budgetary planning as evinced in the latest inflation numbers scam can only exacerbate this tendency...
Climax to a $270 million scam...
...finance is ending. Two men last week pleaded guilty to stealing $270 million from New York's Chase Manhattan Bank. Joseph V. Ossorio, 43, and David J. Heuwetter, 42, face prison sentences of up to 18 and seven years, respectively, for their roles in the Drysdale Government Securities scam...