Lottery fraud is an old con, but experts say Jamaicans have proven very adept at the swindle.
The lawsuit is on behalf of investors who bought shares inflated by a swindle and sold them after the swindle was exposed.
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Nuhu Ribadu, head of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said the swindle took place over a four-year period starting in 1995.
It's not only the organized criminals and terrorists (see: The Invisible Bankers) but also corporations and governments that are in on the swindle.
It called for a total overhaul of the oil ministry and for the prosecution of companies and some powerful individuals who had benefited from the swindle.
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He said criminals there were holding filing parties, at which they would haul out laptops and, for a fee, teach others how to run the swindle.
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French Customs officers spotted the swindle and called in investigators.
Mr Islamov has a minutely itemised account of his unremunerated work, scale drawings of the dacha, and a hospital report about the damage to his ribs from the alleged beating, plus copies of his fruitless correspondence with local prosecutors about the swindle.
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When McCain called Swindle about the job, Swindle first had to figure out exactly what the commission did.
Sheila Bair would not only be the new sheriff in town, she could help prevent a second round of what is the biggest swindle in human history.
In the meantime, Swindle doesn't mind being the lone voice in the crowd.
Carol McCain worked for Nancy Reagan during the 1980 presidential campaign and introduced Swindle to the man running Reagan's campaign in Georgia.
The White House ordered Swindle to apologize, but the uproar helped mobilize Republicans in a campaign that eventually forced Wright to step down.
While continuing to serve in the Marines, Swindle earned an MBA from Florida State University.
It was particularly rampant during the Civil War unsurprisingly given that increased military spending provided new opportunities for ill-gotten profits, and many defense contractors took advantage of that environment to swindle the military.
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With the likelihood of legislative battles over privacy erupting next year, Swindle is emerging as the Internet industry's point person on the FTC for self-regulation.
Swindle is the only nonlawyer on the FTC, which, he claims, allows him to approach issues from a citizen's perspective.
And the under-30s know they are at the forefront of that swindle.
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Come the Bush administration, Swindle "was not invited to stay, " he recalls with a chuckle - perhaps because he favored Rep. Jack Kemp as Reagan's VP over George Bush.
The truth is there is a seller for every buyer, so any big pension fund is just as likely to have made money off of a swindle as the other way around.
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The latter was directed by her father Julien Temple whose work includes Sex Pistols film The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle, pop videos for David Bowie, and documentaries about Kinks singer Ray Davies and Joe Strummer of The Clash.
Individual preference aside, the Internet depends on the free flow of information, Swindle argues.
His colleagues and observers say Swindle adds balance to the panel.
If left alone, the Internet industry will resolve its problems, Swindle insists.
Swindle ended up serving as a district chairman in the state.
Her biggest film acting credit appears to be in Tom Sizemore's "Swindle, " a 2002 crime thriller, according to the IMDb.
Even by Latin American standards, the collapse of Baninter, as it was known, amounts to an unusually large swindle.
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