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Being considered is Musk's claim that Altman - with whom he founded OpenAI - has swindled him out of millions of dollars and reneged on the ChatGPT-maker's original non-profit mission.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Mr. Larkins, who keeps his private account just as his master kept the public accounts, has swindled from the Company a whole year's expenses of this college.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

So you can depend he has swindled you and I; do not trust him farther than you can see him, and recommend him in the right numbers.

From Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. by Green, Jonathan Harrington

Oh, he is very angry with Mrs. Jasher, and considers that she has swindled him.

From The Green Mummy by Hume, Fergus

Certainly I do; he has swindled the firm out of seventy or eighty thousand dollars; fifty, at least, after taking out his capital and profits.

From Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk by Optic, Oliver