bilked

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Twenty-one people are facing charges as part of a massive hospice fraud scheme that prosecutors say bilked California’s medical system out of $267 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

A company she registered bilked the state of more than $14 million from 2019 to 2024 by pretending to provide necessary treatment, prosecutors alleged.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Monday’s trial stems from charges alleging he bilked a parishioner out of $90,000 in retirement savings by falsely promising he would find her a home and invest the rest in his real estate business.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024

Attorney General Kris Mayes and Gov. Katie Hobbs in May announced a massive investigation into billing fraud that state officials say has bilked Arizona out of hundreds of millions of Medicaid dollars.

From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2023

We got into it this evening through that house in the Place Cornavin where Macdermott was bilked by a Sinn Feiner.”

From Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings by Macaulay, Rose, Dame