"playing fraud" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to engage in behavior that is deceptive, manipulative, or illegal in order to obtain something or deceive others. Example: The company's CEO was arrested for playing fraud on investors by faking financial reports and embezzling funds.
"Patients were pawns in an alleged pay-for-play fraud scheme," California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said. .
With his experience of playing toffs, frauds and serial killers, he'd be perfect for the part.
"The modern game is played with fraud, deceit and deception," he said.
The Afghan leader has played down fraud allegations but bowed to international pressure by ordering a run-off as a way to bolster the election's credibility at a time when Washington is weighing whether to send more troops to Afghanistan.
"Was Sullivan helping to ferret out the fraud for investors, or was Sullivan playing down the fraud to protect company executives?" Wyly wonders.
It makes him feel an interloper in literary society, a borderline fraud playing the role of great writer.
In 2001 and again in 2002, however, corporate bankruptcies would hit new records, with fraud playing a central role in most of them.
Mr. Dooling sketches her as the classic femme fatale who populates this genre, with a few contemporary touches, like her enjoyment of role-playing fraud games and her oenophilia.
A pro-Palestinian website painted the Tamimi mother and daughter as "determined lionesses"; Israeli ones as manipulative "Pallywood" frauds playing for the cameras.
Rather than uncovering fraud, regulators are often playing catch up when the frauds themselves unravel and the fraudster goes on the lam or is forced to confess.
As it happens, Mr. Engle's broker for that loan, John J. Hellman, recently pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud for playing fast and loose with a number of mortgage applications.
