Word: scamming
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They still, at least, have each other. Although no one with an iota of street-smarts or a more decent set of priorities would have signed on to their supposed scam, they were keen enough to follow at least one mantra of the underworld: stick by your story, and stick together...
...channel from Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74. Not even the Afro-American Studies department and University President Lawrence H. Summers can match the melodrama and tabloid feel of the show that opened Friday: two gorgeous and semi-famous College seniors accused of running a scam to rip off their friends and colleagues in the old and prestigious Hasty Pudding Theatricals, forsooth...
...loaded semiautomatic pistol, had escaped from an Illinois jail in February. CONVICTED. A. ALFRED TAUBMAN, 76, the former chairman of Sotheby's, of conspiring with rival auction house Christie's to fix commissions paid by fine art sellers; in New York. His net worth at the time of the scam was $700 million and he allegedly stole as much as $400 million in charges from 1993 to 1999. He faces up to three years in prison. CAPTURED. JOHN PHILIP WALKER LINDH, 20, an American who was among 80 Taliban survivors of the Qala-i-Jangi prison revolt; in Mazar...
...charges against Tommy are daunting. Police say they have solid evidence linking him to the murder of the Supreme Court judge who handed down the 18-month jail sentence for his alleged role in an $11 million real estate scam that sent him into hiding in the first place. They also say he is to be charged with responsibility for a series of bombings that rocked the capital in the past year, illegal possession of weapons and other violations. But even officials responsible for prosecuting the former chief of the sprawling Humpuss conglomerate concede he may be able to finagle...
...haired of the two radio shock jocks took aim at Imus' charity ranch in New Mexico, where the famously cantankerous broadcaster puts up kids with cancer and gives them chores (example: gardening) intended to heighten appreciation for old-fashioned, outdoorsy values. On his show, Stern termed the ranch a "scam." "These cancer kids show up, and Imus just lets them work on the ranch for free labor," he reportedly said. "Today's fun activity is, 'You're going to paint the barn, kids.'" Imus' rebuttal? "He could open up his own ranch and spank lesbians and humiliate drunken dwarves...