Sentence examples for Financial cons from inspiring English sources

Ms Frankel studied hundreds of financial cons, looking for recurring patterns.

Ponzi: The Incredible True Story of the King of Financial Cons (Broadway Books, $14) is Donald Dunn's fine, Miltonesque interpretation of the man who didn't want to live the life of a hard-working but cowed immigrant in a xenophobic America.

The attraction was a financial con: PFI contracts take borrowing off the Government's public sector balance sheet.

Financial con artists have persuaded borrowers to put the proceeds in inappropriate investments, and some spouses who weren't on the mortgage have lost their homes.

"Equity demands that this imbalance not be permitted to occur and that financial con siderations not be decisive in reaching the American people on the critical issues of this election," Mr. O'Brien said.

And both featured financial con artists as their protagonists.

Leo told how he read Jordon Belfort's book about six years ago and was fascinated by the tale of the fast-talking, coke-snorting financial con-man.

But it wasn't that long ago that Ari, whose real name is Anthony Donald Rinkus, pleaded guilty in federal court to felony wire fraud for a complex financial con job.

The Untitled David O. Russell Project is based on the true story of a notorious financial con artist (Bale) and his mistress/partner in crime (Adams), who were forced to work with an out of control federal agent (Cooper) to turn the tables on other con artists, mobsters, and politicians.

Summing up the financial pros and cons: "No tuition fees, slightly more expensive living, much more expensive drinking".

Do your research and don't overlook the risks involved and financial pros and cons.