21. Jones said he had letters from more than 700 people bilked by the scheme. 22. Prosecutors said he bilked credit card companies and casinos out of $ 1 million. 23. In just three recent cases, investors were bilked out of almost $ 64 million. 24. One of the agencies that Rudi supposedly bilked even testified on Rudi's behalf. 25. In essence, he bilked the public. 26. Smooth-talking schemer who bilked a pair of Fortune 500 companies out of millions? 27. The candidates were not bilked ; they chose to do this in a competitive market. 28. Loucks said TAP bilked the government out of $ 145 million over the past decade. 29. But clearly any system that allows the poor and unsuspecting to be bilked needs fixing. 30. Prosecutors have said Kaplan bilked customers with " outrageous " credit card bills.