fraud scheme

collocation in English

meaningsoffraudandscheme

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fraud
noun
uk
/frɔːd/us
/frɑːd/
the crime of getting money by ...
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scheme
noun[C]
uk
/skiːm/us
/skiːm/
an organized plan for doing something, especially something dishonest or illegal that will bring a good result ...
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(Definition offraudandschemefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffraud scheme

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She's actually using him as a frame-up for her bank robbery/accountfraudscheme.
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In 1991, he was convicted in a bankruptcyfraudschemein which he forged documents and assumed other identities.
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The victim usually doesn't notice that a second shipping company is picking up the product, and the shipping company has no knowledge it is participating in afraudscheme.
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The government had alleged that, as part of a mortgagefraudscheme, the deeds and deeds of trust mailed to the lenders by the county recorder's office constituted mail fraud.
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From 2005 to 2009 he was the ringmaster of a series of advance-fee fraud schemes that defrauded dozens of individuals out of millions of pounds.
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In 2007, he was found guilty of channeling more than $650,000 through tax fraud schemes.
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Criminal rings are sometimes involved in hard fraud schemes that can steal millions of dollars.
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In reality, it was a bucket shop like many other foreign exchange fraud schemes.
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It also comes up in issues involving tontines and other insurance fraud schemes.
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He became involved in extortion, loansharking, and microcap stock fraud schemes.
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