The phrase "a scheme to manipulate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing plans or strategies that involve influencing or controlling someone or something, often in a deceptive manner.
Example: "The investigation revealed a scheme to manipulate public opinion through misinformation."
Alternatives: "a plan to deceive" or "a strategy to control".
Invariably, or so it seems, there is a scheme to manipulate mankind with space satellites.
The suit contended that a scheme to manipulate Global Crossing's financial results reached to the top of the company.
Further, several officials in Milwaukee County have been implicated in a scheme to manipulate the county pension system in a way that provided them million-dollar retirement packages.
Five former insurance executives were found guilty Monday of fraud and conspiracy in a scheme to manipulate the financial statements of the insurance company American International Group.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said Mr. Madden was involved in a scheme to manipulate the stock of Steven Madden when it went from being a small regional company with limited assets to a public company in December 1993.
Now, that doesn't even make sense in Grisham terms: if someone were really going to launch a scheme to manipulate the legislature, would Massa be the most likely target?
During his four years at the DOJ, Breuer made headlines after a Japanese subsidiary of UBS pleaded guilty to a multiyear scheme to manipulate Libor, the London interbank offered rate, and agreed to pay $1.5 billion in fines.
The F.S.A. and other global regulators reached a $1.5 billion settlement with the Swiss banking giant over a multiyear scheme to manipulate interest rates.
UBS, the Swiss banking giant, announced a record settlement with global authorities on Wednesday, agreeing to a combined $1.5 billion in fines for its role in a multiyear scheme to manipulate interest rates.
The FERC Office of Enforcement staff alleged Barclays engaged in a coordinated scheme to manipulate trading at four electricity trading points in the Western United States.
A position-dependent repetitive controller design and an interpolation scheme to manipulate the delayed data based on the acquired rotor position are developed to improve control performance in speed ripple reduction.
