He reportedly engaged in some dubious financial schemes that might have resulted in legal proceedings if he hadn't left the country.

But a warm feeling of anticipation can quickly turn to disgust when the text of the e-mail, sent by one "Harrdog86," turns out to be about a dubious money-making scheme.

Because there was a dearth of government-backed, dollar-dominated investment vehicles, global savings poured into the dubious schemes of U.S. mortgage bundlers-prime, subprime, and otherwise.

It was often difficult for even the most expert investment advisers to sort through the confusing array of sometimes dubious schemes.

"The Rainmakers," Clark C. Spence's book, gleefully details the dubious schemes of the flimflam "pluviculturists" who followed.

After this moment in the limelight, the Buford slipped into dormancy and would occasionally reappear at the center of several financially dubious schemes.

However, Ms. Norton herself has embarked on several initiatives that have drawn Congressional fire, including a dubious scheme to "outsource" thousands of park service jobs.

Rather than attending to the nation's economic problems, Velasco aggravated them by financing the dubious schemes of his associates.

But by the end of his reign, even Said had become disillusioned by the sharp practices and dubious schemes of some European companies and entrepreneurs.

During the early 1940s, Archbishop Francis Beckman of Dubuque had involved the archdiocese in a dubious financial scheme.