Grifter: True Crime

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Cassie Chadwick a.k.a Elizabeth Bigley defrauded several American banks out of millions of dollars by claiming to be Andrew Carnegie’s illegitimate daughter. She pulled off one of the greatest bank heists during the Gilded Age in American history - when women weren’t allowed to vote or get loans from banks.
Sources: 
1. Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-high-priestess-of-fraudulent-finance-45/
2. The Vintage News: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/22/the-turbulent-life-of-cassie-chadwick-the-impostor-who-claimed-to-be-carnegies-illegitimate-daughter/
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Grifter: True CrimeBy Sonali Verghese

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