bilk

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Sanberg pleaded guilty in October to the federal charges of conspiring to bilk investors out of $248 million for portraying the now-defunct Aspiration as a “socially-conscious and sustainable banking services and investment products” firm.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Also starting this week is the first trial in a sprawling scheme last decade to bilk Mississippi’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Guo, who is accused of engaging in a complex scheme to bilk thousands of online followers, was arrested this month in his 9,000-square-foot New York apartment.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

But it also invited an unprecedented wave of theft and abuse, as criminals seized on the government’s generosity — and its race to disburse aid — to bilk state and federal agencies for massive sums.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023

You cannot bilk cabmen nor cheat at cards; there is something in your making forbids that as strongly as an instinct.

From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)