The Crime Book
59 See also: The Great Train Robbery 30–35 ■ The Société Générale Bank Heist 44 ■ The Antwerp Diamond Heist 54–55 footage, nor d ...
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62 C onfidence tricks, so-called because they exploit people’s trust, are among the oldest crimes in the world. Human nature is ...
63 mâché heads in their beds to convince the guards that they were sleeping instead of digging their way out of the island priso ...
64 I n 1785, Queen Marie Antoinette was embroiled in a notorious scandal at the French court over a diamond necklace. Confidence ...
65 A schemer through and through, Jeanne de la Motte escaped prison dressed as a boy. She fled to London where she wrote a memoi ...
66 PEOPLE TOOK THEIR HATS OFF TO SUCH A SUM THE CRAWFORD INHERITANCE, 1879–1902 I n 1898, on the verge of bankruptcy, a French b ...
67 See also: The Affair of the Diamond Necklace 64–65 ■ Charles Ponzi 102–07 ■ Bernie Madoff 116–21 CON ARTISTS While her husban ...
68 THE SMOOTHEST CON MAN THAT EVER LIVED THE SALE OF THE EIFFEL TOWER, 1925 V ictor Lustig was a specialist in tall tales, and n ...
69 Victor Lustig was not only an extraordinary “salesman” and a charming, sophisticated operator; he also had a talent for evadi ...
70 O ne of the most notorious figures of the Roaring Twenties, trickster Harry Domela spent a lifetime pretending to be someone ...
71 See also: Frank Abagnale 86–67 ■ The Tichborne Claimant 177 aristocratic names and titles. In 1926, his life changed irrevoca ...
72 Wilhelm and Crown Princess Cecilie. He was invited to other towns in the region, where the rich and titled vied to host dinne ...
73 author André Gide. The pair became close, staying up late to discuss Nietzsche and Hölderlin. By 1936, the Nazi regime was ta ...
74 E lmyr de Hory’s legendary 23-year career as an art forger began one afternoon in April 1946, when his wealthy friend Lady Ma ...
75 See also: Clifford Irving 88–89 ■ Konrad Kujau 90–93 Identifying forgeries The most common method of verifying art is through ...
76 Briefly relocating to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, de Hory lived off the sales of his fakes and also began painting his own works ...
77 a beautiful house overlooking the Mediterranean. From Ibiza, they sold forged art to dealers around the world. Doubts resurfa ...
78 D oris Payne, an octogenarian with a criminal record dating back to 1952, did not plan a career as an international jewel thi ...
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