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Prosecutors recently accused Mr. Pashinsky and five other men of participating in a convoluted fuel-buying scheme that they said had defrauded the Ukrainian government out of about $25 million several years before the war started.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024

In the US, a radio presenter called Mark Walters is suing ChatGPT creator OpenAI after the chatbot falsely stated that he had defrauded a charity.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2024

South Korean prosecutors have alleged Keith Yoo had defrauded various companies controlled by I-One-I.

From Reuters • Aug. 4, 2023

The students getting the good news had been just like her — struggling with student debt because a for-profit college had defrauded them — with one difference, a difference that hadn’t seemed important until recently.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2023

Drayton informed me that legally there had been no crime, that Hayden had straightened things out in time, that we had defrauded no one.

From Seven Keys to Baldpate by Biggers, Earl Derr