Word: scammed
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...wonder whether building shelters only exaggerates the numbers: they argue that poor people who wouldn't otherwise be homeless are attracted to shelters as a way of quickly tapping into government assistance. "It didn't take long for people to figure out that this was a way to scam the system," admits Andrew Cuomo, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under President Bill Clinton. Given all this failure and disgust, Republicans could deal with this problem however they wanted...
Those of us who live near Indian casinos are immensely thankful for the honest and thorough job done by reporters Barlett and Steele. They exposed the facts and figures behind an outrageous scam: gambling tycoons are using a few tribes as poster children for casinos while most Indians remain as impoverished as ever. It is a national disgrace, and it's time for a change. WILL BAKER Guinda, Calif...
...that in just a few months began fundamentally reshaping America's financial markets. Analysts, Spitzer would show, were doctoring their reports--which the public relies on for stock information--to win business for their banks' investment arms or to downgrade companies that didn't play ball. Insiders knew the scam; folks in the heartland had no idea. Spitzer's aggressive pursuit of Merrill Lynch and, subsequently, a dozen other Wall Street firms turned the tables. The new ethics he championed are touching in their simplicity: analysts' ratings should reflect what they actually believe. There has not been such an affirmation...
...speaks with the measured finality of a judge passing a grim sentence. Several of his new brethren, in contrast, are unquestionably flamboyant. Maulana Fazlur Rehman wears robes of golden thread and was dubbed "Maulana Diesel" after allegations were made?though never proven?that he was involved in a fuel scam. Maulana Samiul Haq earned the nickname "Sandwich Sammy" after being photographed (presumably by Pakistani intelligence officers) in an inventive position with several bedmates. "We have our differences, some of them centuries-old," concedes Ahmed, "But we have enough in common...
...performance. Now implicated in the mess are the gold-winning French ice-dance team of Russian-born Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat. Anissina and her mother are the two women believed to be caught on tape talking with Tokhtakhounov. As many as six judges could be involved in the scam. On hearing the charges, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge pronounced himself shocked and said it was possible the results of the ice-dance competition would be recalculated. "We will rule out nothing," he declared. Yet the suspicion lingers that the skating establishment protects its own. One month after being...