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“I started realizing that these DSOs are just fleecing the doctors, like totally taking advantage of them,” said Williams, who amplifies his objections by co-hosting the podcast Just Say No to the DSO.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

It dug into the fraud that purportedly precedes the fleecing of U.S. antipoverty programs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

“These groups have been fleecing taxpayers and Veterans for far too long,” VA Secretary Doug Collins was quoted.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

The fleecing of Kevin, who ProPublica agreed to identify by first name only, was a textbook example of pig butchering.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2025

Burt employed bizarre accounting methods in order to conceal his fleecing of the Osage.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann