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Small business owners trying to stay afloat as the economy reels from the impact of the coronavirus can add another worry to the list: shysters pretending to be affiliated with the federal government's flagship relief program. Kate Gibson, CBS News, "Another thing for small businesses to worry about: A phony Paycheck Protection lender," 20 Apr. 2020

Lukens, almost alone, kept the faith, arguing that the bust had simply exposed honest dealers from shysters. The Economist, "Eucalyptus Road The long and tangled history of California’s eucalyptus trees," 18 Dec. 2019

Fyre Festival shyster Billy McFarland was just caught allegedly selling fake tickets to the Met Ball. refinery29.com, "This Queer Eye Episode Fits Right In With The Summer Of Scamming," 15 June 2018

Some cryptocurrency pioneers think alt-coins are thus more like penny stocks—ones that get talked up by shysters to lure in naive investors, who get fleeced. Kotryna Zukauskaite, Smithsonian, "What the Founding Fathers’ Money Problems Can Teach Us About Bitcoin," 20 Mar. 2018

So Tillerson stepped down as the CEO of one of the largest corporations in the world to cap his career spending one year being jerked around by a louche New York City shyster. Rob Tornoe, Philly.com, "Rex Tillerson replaced by Mike Pompeo: Reaction to Trump's move," 13 Mar. 2018

The Wiz himself is played as a compelling shyster of self-affirmation with a cheery smile by Rahim Glaspy. Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, "Exuberant performances, top-notch voices enliven 'The Wiz'," 14 June 2017

Throughout the Anthony trial, local and national media presented Baez as a strip-mall shyster in a bad brown suit who lacked the experience and pedigree to take on such a prominent case. Alex French, Esquire, "The Man Who Knows Aaron Hernandez's Secrets," 15 Aug. 2017

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