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In 2003, the company was found to have defrauded Medicare and had to pay $1.7 billion, then the largest fine in U.S. history.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2025

If I use artificial intelligence to do that, I have defrauded someone and it is illegal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Police say they believe Mariana M may have defrauded people in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025

State officials believe the fake homes have defrauded Arizona out of hundreds of millions of its share of federal Medicaid dollars.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023

Rodney Maxwell had been arrested, on a farrago of fraud charges—"I don't know who he's supposed to have defrauded; the Planetary Government is the sole complainant"—and bail was being illegally denied.

From The Cosmic Computer by Piper, H. Beam