The logistics of that bit of chicanery are eventually laid out with a flourish, but first Valentine must figure out how it fits into a broader and deadlier rip-off scheme masterminded by an Atlantic City mobster.
The best David Cameron could manage was Gary Barlow, and all he did was launch a rubbishy X Factor rip-off scheme in Nantwich and look for all the world like a man ready to accept the sweet release of death.
Astroturf groups were a favorite tool of Jack Abramoff, and inflated fees for such groups, channeled to his associate Michael Scanlon and kicked back to Abramoff, were central to the rip-off scheme for which both pleaded guilty.
The Federal Trade Commission is warning of rip-off schemes that promise aid..
The DFS's Benjamin Lawsky said: "[Barclays employees] engaged in a brazen 'heads I win, tails you lose' scheme to rip off their clients".
Benjamin Lawsky, who is stepping down as the head of the New York DFS, said Barclays "engaged in a brazen 'heads I win, tails you lose' scheme to rip off their clients".
"They engaged in a brazen 'heads I win, tails you lose' scheme to rip off their clients," said New York State superintendent of financial services Benjamin Lawsky.
In a normal world it would all make sense, but in this world of Wall Street hegemony over our lives and economy it becomes another scheme to rip off Main Street and everyone's wallet.
As of last week, the 41-year-old screenwriter was working on breaking the stories (industry-speak for developing the story outlines) for two very different heist movies: a potential sequel to his first script, "Inside Man," and an untitled thriller starring Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock as Trump Tower janitors who scheme to rip off its luxury tenants.
Before that Paycom initiated another battle in the same court, suing middleman Payment Resources International, which used to line up banks for porn companies, alleging it schemed to rip off tens of millions of dollars in porn charges due to Paycom.
That's precisely what happened in the midst of the tech bust a half-decade ago when desperation prompted hedge funds and their Wall Street cronies to cook up illegal schemes and rip off mutual fund investors for hundreds of millions of dollars.
