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  • According to one of the court filings Thursday, Mr. Quinn and others, some of whom are still facing criminal charges, participated in a so-call "bust-out scheme."

    Swindler in Telecom Fraud Is Set to Plead Guilty John R. Emshwiller 2011

  • The key to this kind of fraud, known as a "bust-out" scheme, is for each of the fake companies to bill as much as possible before authorities catch on.

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  • Jules Dassin's gritty prison melodrama puts a twist on the archetypal bust-out scheme by revisiting, in flashback, the pre-penitentiary lives of Collins -- ably played by an intense young Lancaster -- and his crew, colorfully brought to life by character actors Whit Bissell, Howard Duff, and John Hoyt.

    John Farr: Burt Lancaster: Always Larger Than Life John Farr 2011

  • The bust-out moment was Delmond and the New York jazz set discussing the state of New Orleans music.

    Karen Dalton-Beninato: Accentuate the Positive: Treme at The R Bar in New Orleans Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011

  • In the pending criminal case in Dallas federal court, prosecutors for the U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas charge Mr. Quinn with helping orchestrate a $50 million fraud against major telecommunications companies that allegedly involved buying large amounts of long-distance telephone time for resale to the public and then not paying the suppliers, in what is known as a "bust-out" scheme.

    Behind Bars, a Cat-and-Mouse Game John R. Emshwiller 2011

  • Jules Dassin's gritty prison melodrama puts a twist on the archetypal bust-out scheme by revisiting, in flashback, the pre-penitentiary lives of Collins -- ably played by an intense young Lancaster -- and his crew, colorfully brought to life by character actors Whit Bissell, Howard Duff, and John Hoyt.

    John Farr: Burt Lancaster: Always Larger Than Life John Farr 2011

  • Most of us commonly associate this little jingle with bust-out dance moves, young talent and bad, erhmm, interesting '80s hair.

    Rachel Schwartzmann: Art and Life in All Its Glory Rachel Schwartzmann 2012

  • The episode's bust-out moment started with Delmond and the New York jazz set discussing the state of New Orleans music.

    Karen Dalton-Beninato: Accentuate the Positive: Treme at The R Bar in New Orleans Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011

  • Then he dropped to his knees — and this became a bust-out performance.

    The Pitch does a coverstory on Mean Melin! » Scene-Stealers 2009

  • Jules Dassin's gritty prison melodrama puts a twist on the archetypal bust-out scheme by revisiting, in flashback, the pre-penitentiary lives of Collins -- ably played by an intense young Lancaster -- and his crew, colorfully brought to life by character actors Whit Bissell, Howard Duff, and John Hoyt.

    John Farr: Burt Lancaster: Always Larger Than Life John Farr 2011

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