The scheme lasts until Christmas.

The scheme lasts until 2030.

Digital, based in Maynard, Mass., said in its suit that the scheme lasted from 1984 to 1990.

Mr. Cox testified that the scheme began in the spring of 1991 and lasted through 1995.

Not altogether surprisingly, the scheme lasted only two months, since the men were unaccustomed to wealth, and therefore indiscreet with their money.

Though Sutcliffe was determined to see the pools companies defeated, the chaos caused by the uncertainty over fixtures meant the scheme lasted just two weeks.

Prosecutors said in their complaint that the scheme started in 1994 and lasted until early this year.

The scheme began in 1990 and lasted through 1996, the government charged, when the company collapsed.

According to the charges, the scheme to defraud lasted from at least 1999 through 2001 and involved multiple methods.

However, such a scheme could not last unless someone was ultimately willing to pay such high prices and take possession of the bulbs.