scheme
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Soon Zanjani was running the biggest publicly known money-laundering scheme in modern Iranian history, pulling billions of badly needed dollars into Iran’s struggling banking system.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Rockefeller didn’t quit his day job, in the produce business, since the oil scheme remained mostly aspirational.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
She was pulled into a scheme involving a man who posed as a priest, another posing as an immigration judge, and another posing as Oscar Carrillo, an attorney licensed in Texas who practices tax law.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
It recently launched a scheme called "Internet Pro", which allows certain businesses some access to the global internet.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Penelope frowned, for this indeed was the last and deepest mole hole in her scheme, and the one in which she feared they were most likely to step and twist an ankle, so to speak.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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