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Comedian Dane Cook was fleeced by his business manager to the tune of $12 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
When I heard about the death of Jim Bakker, the scandalous televangelist who fleeced his flock in the 1980s, I recalled going “undercover” as a college newspaper reporter to visit Bakker’s theme park, Heritage USA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
He called for politicians globally to act to curtail addictive forms of gambling and prevent consumers being "fleeced" during the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
“But we can’t do that if the states that are administering those programs are allowing those programs to be fleeced by fraudsters.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
It was instead that an ominous picture was congealing in his mind of patriot soldiers being fleeced by an army of speculators whose only loyalty was to their own profit margins.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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