Conned in a sentence

A fraudster who conned more than £1.2 million from investors, friends and family in an elaborate 'Ponzi scheme' that he started while living in a large converted barn near Shrewsbury, has been jailed for six years.

A temping agent who allegedly conned over 250 third country nationals into paying for a work contract in Malta which never materialised was remanded in custody upon arraignment on Sunday.

Don’t allow yourselves to be conned twice,” the minister warned.

He also conned his way into Bono’s company at the Clarence Hotel in Dublin posing as a hotel consultant.

One of the 52-year-old's victims was Gerald Corrigan, who he conned out of more than £200,000 before his death.

Steroid-addicted Moat conned social services with lies about her mum, saying she had drugs in the house and had stabbed him.

The man conned the five-star property by colluding with one of the hotel staff, Prem Prakash, who managed the front desk office of the hotel.

The man responsible was coach Roy Johnson, a self-confessed “honest liar” who conned his way into top-level sport.

There were many other women too, among them a 36-year-old nurse called Mischele (corr) Lewis, who got in contact with Mary in 2014 after discovering that Jordan had conned her out of thousands of pounds during the course of their four-year relationship.

Though Lucia might have conned Albie, she and Mia are the only characters who are focused and don't have any baggage, and that ending makes total sense given that White is a self-proclaimed anti-romantic.

According to deputy police spokesman Marinos Vasiliou, 90 people have been conned by the pyramid scheme, which promised them earnings of €3,000 per day.

A financial advice columnist shared her horror story of being conned out of $50,000 in an elaborate Amazon scheme, warning readers these scams could happen to anyone.

My favorite thing about heist romances is the way the leads get conned by love while conning other people.

Rest assured, you won’t be conned into anything less.

The accused are believed to have conned numerous individuals across different states, showcasing a pattern of widespread criminal activity.

The voters have been conned again.

This awareness session aims to help keep the online information of attendees safer and help recognise when we could be being conned, otherwise known as social engineered by criminals.

After being conned by the international con-man Laurent, Edamura is drafted into many of Laurent's cons, starting with conning a drug kingpin in Los Angeles into buying a fake drug, and following up with jobs in London and Singapore.

Don't let yourself be conned by the Con Man in Chief: Postal workers will deliver your mailed-in ballot just fine, thank you very much.

He has threatened violence Including death and endangered livelihoods and property of the long line of women he has conned.