middleman

On Friday, as part of an investigation into possible corruption in the renovation project, eight people were arrested, including consultants, scaffolding subcontractors and a middleman.

He doesn’t actually understand the corporate world but treats it like a game, filling out forms, writing anodyne requests to lawyers and other middlemen, steadily accumulating positions in public companies.

Palantir’s direct public offering — meaning that the company sold its stock straight to the public without a Wall Street middleman underwriter — is a particular source of pride for Karp.

In the most recent tactics identified by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint, hackers posed as freight middlemen, posting fake loads to the boards.

Some bring the chips physically into China using middlemen.