Tag Archives: frauds

Captain Hornblower or Jack Sparrow? You decide

Posted on June 7, 2017 by ActonBooks

There are contrary versions of this story. One has a man who thought he could ride on the coat-tails of an illegal scheme, who got caught and rightly, though severely, punished. The other version says that an ambitious but innocent … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 19th century fraud trials, de Berenger, frauds, Report of Napoleon's death, stock exchange fraud of 1814, tenth earl of Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane | 1 Comment

The Day They Hanged A Banker

Posted on June 17, 2014 by ActonBooks

How callous would you have to be to invent a country just to lure paying settlers there? Especially if you told them it was an idyllic paradise for Europeans when it was nothing more than an Equatorial mangrove swamp that … Continue reading →

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