He was arrested multiple times for charges that include narcotics, swindling, and grand larceny. The collection contains eighty-four short stories about swindling, fraud, and deception. After that, he committed crimes including theft, swindling, and burglary, resulting in prison terms. Bay Ganyo is simple-minded, swindling, speculating and manipulating, yet tenacious, struggling and breaking-through. A self-proclaimed hustler, Loog Oldham spent teenage summers swindling tourists in French towns. Suspicions of being concerned in this swindling transaction fell upon Aram. In 1952, Carollo was arrested in Italy for swindling and narcotics trafficking. He was under investigation by the junta for swindling military funds and was readily converted. Quark was also fond of swindling Rom out of his share of the bar's profits. He learns that an evil magistrate has been swindling them for years. He becomes a small-time gangster whose main talents are swindling and fighting. Though Phillip suspected Bradley of swindling him first, he later learned the truth. Not all selling is swindling, but all swindling is selling, Leff explains. She then tricks Bobi to double-cross Bhai and then frames him for swindling Bhai. From the suicide attempt Fu-loi loses his memory and recollection of his swindling past.