Sentences with word «schemer»

Unfortunately for Josh and his employees, Shaw turns out to be a Ponzi schemer who may as well be called «Ernie Badoff.»

His reporting has led to indictments against several local politicians and the ouster of a chief criminal judge, but he's likely best known for breaking the story of Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein.

Perhaps the best comparison, though, is to Cesc Fabregas; another wonderfully - gifted midfield schemer who has struggled to find a home under Antonio Conte, and often needs the formation changing to 3 -5-2 to accommodate him.

But life among the little women isn't all bearing up under adversity, even if the March girls lack the guile of Becky Sharp, the peerless schemer in Thackeray's «Vanity Fair.»

Spurs are not alone in their interest of the young schemer as Everton have also been mentioned in connection with Brahimi.

As the face of the social - Darwinist wing of the local charter movement, she's been cast as the grim reaper of moribund neighborhood schools, a witting tool of privatizing billionaires, and a Machiavellian schemer with her sights set on the mayoralty.

Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein is imprisoned and disbarred from practicing as an attorney but it hasn't stopped him from flexing his jailhouse lawyer muscles — on his own behalf.

But to achieve a victory on the scale he's looking for, he'll need some help from political schemers whose agendas are very different from his own.

The allegations were published this morning on legal blog RollOnFriday, which reported that «vac schemers at [Cleary's] London office are expected to produce a certain number of hours of chargeable work during their stay», continuing:

Chip is a self - serving schemer who pretends to be the soul of generosity, and he uses his disability to maddening advantage.

The best part of the scheme was attending a completion meeting - not something that many Vac Schemers get a chance to do - it was a great chance to see a deal coming together, and gave me a lot to talk about in interviews.

Alberto is an asshole, but that does nt make him abusive and doesn't make him some jind of master schemer trying to get paige fired.

But it's a kick to watch a Ponzi - schemer get his.

Arsenal's chief schemer has completed more than 200 more passes than his nearest rival, Bournemouth's Andrew Surman.

It has been revealed that Chelsea are confident of landing Real Madrid midfield schemer Luka Modric for # 30 million.

Meanwhile, their arch nemesis, the wicked schemer known as The Hood (Kingsley, Sneakers) concocts a plan to get the TB crew out of the way, snatching their precious and powerful airship, in order to perform a large bank heist in London and blame the world's greatest heroes.

The infamous case of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff was an ominous reminder that yes, there are unscrupulous money managers out there.

Maybe young workers being trolled by get - rich - quick schemers has something to do with the transformation of the US entry - level job into a benefit - free, full - time, unpaid internship on a «parent grant...

That said, the performances are excellent, with Julianne Moore fully deserving her Best Actress gong at Cannes for her portrayal of a disturbed, insecure but utterly ruthless schemer.

As the Pharisees of old, Having secured control of their money, the wily schemers used it for their own benefit.

However, it wouldn't be all that surprising if the Spanish schemer lacked a great deal of motivation ahead of the new season considering how badly he wanted a move to Spain.

And those evil schemers at Mon (ster) anto tried to cover that up and tell us it never happened and the cows only made more milk.

Frankly, if the stimulus was put more into infrastructure than into banks, brokers and the paper pushing ponzi schemers on Wall Street, Zurich and Brussels, millions more people would have jobs.

De Blasio donor Jona Rechnitz's ties to accused Ponzi schemer Jason Nissen are starting to cause problems for Manhattan federal prosecutors seeking to use Rechnitz as its key witness in an upcoming bribery trial.

That's why the movie wants you to believe that a major schemer like Shaw can be brought down with a single piece of evidence, or a wealthy man can only afford a safe that's sold in a storefront window, or characters can magically know the plans of other characters, and everyone can easily turn gold into cash and get the full value of the trade.

Actor Peter Dinklage, who portrays schemer Tyrion Lannister, noted, «I know how important the Red Wedding is to so many fans of the show and the books, but we pick up the pieces and top it in many ways.»

Reformed schemer and middle - schooler Jackson Greene comes out of retirement, assembling a top - notch team to pull off Maplewood Middle School's biggest con ever in this fast - paced caper.

Pasta making with the vacation schemers.

Joshua Klayman, a leading attorney in the cryptocurrency space and Chair of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance's Legal Working Group, said schemers need to take heed;

In fact, Michael de Leeuw may be the most similar player to Nowak in Fire history - smart, aggressive all - rounder who verbally leads the line, great finisher, better schemer.

Between 1976 and 1986, Trapattoni took a Bianconeri side including supreme libero Gaetano Scirea, flying left wing - back Antonio Cabrini, attacking schemers Michel Platini and Zbigniew Boniek and clinical striker Paolo Rossi to six league titles, two Italian cups, one European Cup, one European Super Cup and one Intercontinental Cup.

However it has also been suggested that the Turin club do have a contingency plan should they fail to prise Oscar away from west London, with Real Madrid schemer Isco second on their wishlist.

Although my supervisor made sure that I had plenty of work to complete throughout the two weeks, there were also plenty of emails going around the department asking if any summer schemers wanted to assist on other pieces of work.

Of a total federal inmate population of 156,238, prison authorities say only 1,021 fit the description — which includes everyone from insurance schemers to bankruptcy fraudsters, counterfeiters to election - law tamperers to postal thieves.

CNBC's Diana Olick takes a look at how some digital schemers have been able to target real estate agents, title companies and homebuyers with fraudulent emails in an attempt to divert down payment money to other accounts.

Human beings are not secure systems, especially not when pitched against a super-intelligent schemer, he notes.

Since the first pay - per - click ad was generated, some nefarious schemer has attempted to defraud legitimate businesses out of budget by clicking on ads with absolutely no intent of purchase or interest in the products being advertised.

The Ehrlichs speak openly of the need for sterilization policy in underdeveloped countries; another anti- population schemer, Garrett Hardin, speaks of giving magistrates unparalleled authority to limit growth.

Hayat is at once a new and old kind of American character, a devout schemer for whom God is great all of the time, even if that greatness offers clarity and consolations only some of the time.

He became a kind of entrepreneurial schemer who continuously had to develop new, fundable ideas in order to keep the money on the table for his major preoccupation — the movable - type press.

As Halbertal and Holmes nicely put it, Saul is «the diametrical opposite of a political schemer consumed by naked ambition.»

Delph started the season in bright fashion and earned an England national team call - up as a result however his side's alarming dip in form is sure to leave the midfield schemer considering his options.

In my opinion, I think Andy Reid is a great schemer and play designer.

David Moyes could well do with a goal - scoring schemer who can ably link midfield and attack and Isco's dozen goals last term show a player with an eye for goal and his form in the Champions League last season shows that as well as having a great deal of potential the young Spaniard is more than able to deliver the goods immediately.

Sportmediaset [as per the Daily Star] have reported that Liverpool are eyeing a # 22 million move for the deep - lying schemer, and while Gundogan wasn't too keen to move to Turin, the tabloid understand that the player's relationship with Jurgen Klopp — the two won the Bundesliga together in 2012 and reached the Champions League final in 2013 — could tempt him to consider a move to Merseyside.

Now working in tandem with CSKA schemer Roman Eremenko and Brondby frontman Teemu Pukki, the future is looking up for Finnish football.