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Allen Stanford had a taste of success when he opened health clubs after college. But when the economy tanked and he filed for bankruptcy, he was determined to pull himself up by the bootstraps and try again. Entering the financial sector, Stanford had a knack for Certificates of Deposits, of CDs, on which he built his empire. The problem was, it was all a well-tailored farce.



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Sources:

Closed Criminal Division Cases | CRIMINAL-VNS | Department of Justice



Stanford gets 110 years for role in $7B swindle (yahoo.com)



Allen Stanford is a 'wreck of man' from prison: Attorneys - InvestmentNews



Federal judges reject convicted Ponzi scheme operator R. Allen Stanford’s appeal, uphold 110-year sentence | News | theadvocate.com



Viewing Financial Crimes as Economic Homicide - The New York Times (nytimes.com)



Allen Stanford's Ponzi scheme victims say they have been short-changed (cnbc.com)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR3MxoTfUdh2SdB3O-mpN_dSY1kO7knPZnYqWFV_j09O7UP6cN0TfXbg75E&v=JtOHPp2Aaj8&feature=youtu.be



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_DeGuerin



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Madoff



https://www.nasaa.org/2700/how-to-spot-a-con-artist/



https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/investing-basics/investment-products/certificates-deposit-cds



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexia,_Texas#:~:text=The%20population%20of%20Mexia%20increased%20from%203%2C482%20to%20nearly%2035%2C000.&text=The%20population%20was%20reported%20as,population%20was%20listed%20as%206%2C563.



https://inflationdata.com/articles/inflation-adjusted-prices/historical-crude-oil-prices-table/



https://www.offshore-protection.com/offshore-blog/history-of-tax-havens#:~:text=The%20Beginnings%20of%20the%20Modern%20Tax%20Haven&text='Tax%20Haven'%20typically%20referred%20to,their%20post%2Dretirement%20tax%20burden



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_haven#Top_10_tax_havens

A teenage girl established a strong online presence as she journaled her experience with leukemia. When she passed away, her supporters were grieving. Another blogger published a post questioning Kaycee's legitimacy, sending many into an outrage. But as time went on, more and more questions were being raised. What was actually going on with Kaycee Nicole?

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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factitious_disorder_imposed_on_self#Munchausen_by_Internet

https://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Entertainment/manti-teos-fake-girlfriend-bizarre-online-cons/story?id=18239232

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaFilter

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/31/technology/a-beautiful-life-an-early-death-a-fraud-exposed.html

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kaycee-nicole/

https://books.google.com/books?id=c5BEJ0nug7QC&pg=PT56&lpg=PT56&dq=kaycee+nicole&source=bl&ots=2huSUNWJKS&sig=ACfU3U1uKxnzevqlyPsPIQqjFBMbR8NKyQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjz8du0mZTuAhWSjlkKHf1yBYQ4ChDoATAHegQICRAC#v=onepage&q=kaycee%20nicole&f=false

The short life of Kaycee Nicole | Media | The Guardian

Wired Women: Beautiful Cancer Victim a Hoax - ABC News (go.com)

Is it possible that Kaycee did not exist? | MetaFilter

https://www.vice.com/en/article/paeegy/mnchausen-by-internet-on-lying-online

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2016-07-15/munchausen-by-internet-what-drives-people-to-fake-an-illness/7631990

https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Cybermuncher

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510683/

Gerianne Jensen went on a date with a man from her church group. For unknown reasons, she decided a second date wasn't in their best interest, and the two continued to be acquaintances. At least, until Craig Niedbalski's rage boiled up inside from being rejected, and he was determined to make Gerianne see the error of her ways.

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Sources:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ne/pr/omaha-man-sentenced-50-months-transporting-explosive-intent-injure-and-interstate

Stalker haunted Omaha woman for 25 years with death threats, bombs, sexual obscenities (ketv.com)

Omaha man gets prison after 20 years of stalking woman (apnews.com)

Omaha man who stalked woman, sent her improvised explosive sentenced to federal prison | Latest Headlines | omaha.com

David Friedland was a successful lawyer known for supporting the little man. This suited him well when he ran for the Senate and won. However, eventually his reputation dwindled and landed him in legal trouble. Unsure of what to do, Friedland decided that he needed to start over. Wipe the slate clean. He needed to fake his death.

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Sources:
https://www.cnbc.com/2013/10/17/playing-dead-for-big-bucks.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-06-22-8801090676-story.html
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/83/1531/586200/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Friedland
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/10/nyregion/ex-senator-in-halfway-house.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/06/nyregion/ex-senator-enters-plea-in-fraud-case-in-jersey.html

David Greenglass was thoroughly vetted before he started working on the secret military operation that was creating the atomic bomb. At least, that's what they thought. Unfortunately Greenglass had friends on the other side, and used his position to divulge some of the U.S.'s deepest secrets.



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Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/us/david-greenglass-spy-who-helped-seal-the-rosenbergs-doom-dies-at-92.html

https://www.archives.gov/files/research/court-records/rosenberg-greenglass.pdf

https://youtu.be/JvrOyVtGCw8

https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/david-greenglass

https://spartacus-educational.com/USAgreenglass.htm

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/atom-spy-caserosenbergs

https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-david-greenglass-20141014-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_East_Side

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Engineer_Works

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917

Norby Walters was a very successful promoter of musical talent in Hollywood and eventually in the sports world. The problem was, he used an ethically grey area to recruit his talent, enticing them to break rules that could ruin their careers to commit to him. Not only that, if they tried to back out, he involved members of the mob to keep them put.
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Sources:
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/913/388/341823/
https://www.law.du.edu/documents/sports-and-entertainment-law-journal/case-summaries/1993-usa-v-norby-walters.pdf
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-15-sp-670-story.html
https://vault.si.com/vault/1988/09/05/the-deal-went-sour-sports-agents-norby-walters-and-lloyd-bloom-were-indicted-for-racketeering-and-extortion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/the-fbi-also-probed-payments-to-college-athletes-in-the-80s-it-didnt-end-well/2018/03/30/b0da0f98-339b-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/fashion/night-of-100-stars-norby-walters.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/15/sports/crime-figure-testifies-to-link-with-sports-agent.html

Heather Tallchief was an ex-nurse who worked with AIDS patients. Then she went on to be a well respected worker who moved up quickly within her company where she was an armored truck driver. So how exactly did she end up on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list? And how was she caught? Or... was she?



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Sources:

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Heather_Tallchief_and_Roberto_Solis

https://crimereads.com/the-most-wanted-woman-in-america/

https://www.wistv.com/story/3855196/one-of-fbis-most-wanted-fugitives-turns-herself-in/

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1UROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mksDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6662,1531828&dq=roberto-solis+poet&hl=en

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9766179/ns/dateline_nbc/t/fugitive-turns-herself-after-years/#.X0xeSO-SlPY

Admit it, you'd love to win big at a slot machine. Even $100 would be exciting. This episode of Mugshot tells the story of a man who also held this dream, to the point of counterfeiting slot machine tokens so he could play until he won.

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Sources:

https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190821/77-year-old-worlds-greatest-counterfeiter-is-heading-back-to-prison

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/us/louis-colavecchio-dead.html

https://www.gamblingsites.com/info/famous-gamblers/louis-colavecchio/

https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20200709/legendary-ri-counterfeiter-louis-coinrsquo-colavecchio-dies-at-78

"Quiet man at center of fake tokens case" - Jan 15, 1997 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Cover photo from the New York Times

Leona Helmsley was a force to be reckoned with. Not only did she take whatever she wanted in life by any means necessary, including her husband, she seemed to thrive on belittling those around her. This came back to bite her when, after an $8 million renovation on her "weekend" mansion, she tried to dispute charges by citing shoddy work. Little did she know, her contractors noticed that the Helmsley's company had been billed - not the couple themselves.



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Sources:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7912042.stm

https://web.archive.org/web/20080201171136/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/20/leona-helmsley-is-dead-at-87/index.html

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-02-16-9002152937-story.html

https://law.jrank.org/pages/3446/U-S-v-Helmsley-1989--We-Don-t-Pay-Taxes-Only-Little-People-Pay-Taxes.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-19-mn-5943-story.html

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/30/queen-of-mean-the-rise-and-fall-of-leona-helmsley

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/09/29/rich-bitch

Cover photo from The New Yorker

What makes the perfect crime? Creativity? As few participants as possible? Technology? The Great Brinks Robbery in 1950 was considered the perfect crime for a while... until it was finally solved just five days before the statute of limitations expired.

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Sources:

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/brinks-robbery
https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/great-brinks-robbery-1950-not-quite-perfect-crime/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/brinks-armored-car-depot-robbery-boston-1950
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/16/metro/great-brinks-robbery-70-year-old-question-what-happened-money/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/16/metro/great-brinks-robbery-70-year-old-question-what-happened-money/
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/crime-century-70-years-since-great-brinks-robbery/XBVGXARG3NEF3LSB2GKZ5BRXBY/
https://www.history.co.uk/this-day-in-history/17-january/the-daring-great-brinks-robbery-is-carried-out-in-boston