swindler

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
swindle/ˈswɪndl/

▶verb use deception to deprive of money or possessions.

■ obtain fraudulently.

▶noun a fraudulent scheme or action.

– derivatives
swindler noun.

– origin C18: back-form. from swindler, from Ger. Schwindler, from schwindeln ‘be giddy’, also ‘tell lies’.