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fraudster

British  
/ ˈfrɔːdstə /

noun

  1. a swindler

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Guardian headlines on a police investigation "into donations worth £500,000 made to Reform UK" by the mother of the convicted fraudster George Cottrell.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

It’s bad for everybody, except for the fraudster that’s running some kind of scam and sucking money out of streaming that legitimately should be going to real artists.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

The complaint was submitted by Barry Minkow, a convicted fraudster turned self-styled whistle-blower, who gathered material for the report by pretending to be a potential investor.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

In the case of convicted FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, federal prosecutors obtained his top lieutenant’s journal and her frequently updated list called “Things Sam Is Freaking Out About.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

The Chicago Computer Fraud and Abuse Task Force, however, had decided to prosecute Neidorf as a fraudster.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce

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