Celebrated Fraudsters Ages Fraud - is the theft of another's property or the acquisition of another's property or other property by deception or abuse of trust. Engaged in fraud fraudsters. Multi- way (not one-time and one-time) is called machination (aka swindle). Fraud this a crime. Criminal law definition of fraud varies from country to country or jurisdiction.

Victor Lustig (January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947) Was a con artist who undertook scams in various countries and became best known as "The man who sold the Eiffel Tower. Twice." Lustig told the One group that the upkeep on the Eiffel Tower was so outrageous that the city could not maintain it any longer, and wanted to sell it for scrap. Since was to have been taken down in 1909 and moved somewhere else.

So Lustig not only received the funds for the Eiffel Tower, he also collected a large bribe. Lustig and his personal secretary, a Franco American con man Robert Arthur Tourbillon also known as Dan Collins, hastily took a train for Vienna with a suitcase full of cash. Surprisingly, nothing happened.Poisson was too humiliated to complain to the police.A month later, Lustig returned to Paris, selected six more scrap dealers, and tried to sell the Tower once more.This time, the chosen victim went to the police before Lustig could close the deal, but Lustig and Collins managed to evade arrest.

Wilhelm Voigt Hauptmann von Köpenick To October 16, 1906 by day in the form of Kapitan has stopped in Berlin two branches of the soldiers by showing them fake an emergency order of the cabinet, took over soldiers command of them and went to Köpenick on the railway.Voigt commandeered city desk the Köpenick.Voigt Had good luck withhold for their phone calls in Berlin within an hour kepenikskuyu mail.

The ten days later he was arrested for breakfast. German Kaiser Wilhelm II pardoned him on August 16, 1908.

Frank William Abagnale born April 27, 1948 Is an American security consultant known for his history as a former confidence trickster, check forger, impostor, and escape artist. He became notorious in the 1960s for passing $4.5 million worth of meticulously forged checks across 26 countries over the course of five years, beginning when he was 16 years old.Pan American World Airways estimated that between the ages of 16 and 18, Frank Abagnale flew over 1,000,000 miles on over 250 flights and flew to 26 countries, at Pan Am's expense, by deadheading. He was also able to stay at hotels for free during this time. Everything from food to lodging was billed to the airline. Abagnale stated that although he was often invited by actual pilots to take the controls in- flight, he never actually accepted their offers, instead using the "8 hours between the bottle and the throttle" rule as a convenient alibi. He now works as Abagnale & Associates, the financial consulting firm of fraud

Sophia Blyuvshteyn ~Sonka Golden Hand (April 1, ) The most famous female crook, thief and adventurer of which still write books and make films, it's Sophia Ivanovna Blyuvshteyn, received thieves nicknamed Sonya Golden Hand. It was sort of the queen and star of the underworld, behind which stretched a loud trail of glory. Accurate information about the life of Sophia (Sonia) Solomoniak-Blyuvshteyn not, because my own life it is largely falsified. According to official court documents, the famous adventurer was born in the town Povonzki Warsaw province in 1846.

Has organized large-scale thefts that have acquired fame through adventurous component penchant for hoaxes and theatrical change shape aferistki. Among the employed it during the life of the names were Rozenbad, Rubinstein, Shkolnik and Briner (or Brenner). In 1880 he was arrested and sent to hard labor on Sakhalin Island, where she was shackled. Made three attempts to escape. In 1890, it met with Anton Chekhov, who left a description of the convict Sophia Blyuvshteyn in the book "The Island of Sakhalin". At the beginning of XX century were distributed version of her successful escape and the frontman, who has served for her hard labor. Tomb, presumably on the Vagankovskoye cemetery in Moscow.

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