The Great Global Warming Swindle' was itself a swindle. The other associate, Buck Grant, apparently was unaware of Ward's Ponzi scheme swindle. It's a fake, a scam, a swindle, and a blatant fraud. One traditional swindle involves fortune-telling. However, the Russians attempt to swindle the islanders by leaving without paying. Land enclosure has been condemned as a gigantic swindle on the part of large landowners. Fenn played a crime boss in the 2002 film "Swindle" alongside Tom Sizemore. Fischer never received any compensation from the film, calling it "a monumental swindle". Ethiopian geologists were implicated in a major gold swindle in 2008. Later Benson was involved in an insurance swindle. James was acquitted in January 1984 for his part in the swindle. This flaw has come to be known as the "Jeans swindle". The project ultimately evolved into "The Great Rock & Roll Swindle". The card featured in the plot of the Nickelodeon film "Swindle". Calder participated in making the film "The Great Global Warming Swindle".