Cassie Chadwick

Cassie Chadwick

female, deceased (1907)
Cassie L. Chadwick (October 10, 1857 - October 10, 1907) is the most famous name of a Canadian-born woman who defrauded Cleveland, Ohio banks by...
Ivan Boesky

Ivan Boesky

male, 72 years old
Ivan Frederick Boesky (born March 6, 1937, in Detroit) was notable for his prominent role in a Wall Street insider trading scandal that occurred in...

Michael McKay

male
Michael McKay is a convicted racketeer and former labor leader from the United States. He was president of American Maritime Officers (AMO) from...
Christopher Rocancourt

Christopher Rocancourt

male, 42 years old
Christopher Thierry Rocancourt (b. July 16, 1967 in Honfleur, France) is an impostor and con artist who scammed affluent people by masquerading as...
John Rigas

John Rigas

male, 85 years old
John J. Rigas (born November 14, 1924 in Wellsville, New York) was one of the founders of Adelphia Communications Corporation, which at its peak...

Frederick Emerson Peters

male, deceased (1959)
Frederick Emerson Peters (1885-1959) was an American impostor who wrote bad checks masquerading as scholars and famous people. In an age before...
Gaston Means

Gaston Means

male, deceased (1938)
Gaston Bullock Means (b. 1879, Concord, North Carolina; d. 1938, Leavenworth, Kansas) was an American private detective, bootlegger, and con...
Peter Popoff

Peter Popoff

male, 63 years old
Peter Popoff (born 1946) is a German-born U.S. televangelist who has spent most of his adult life claiming to treat physical ailments through the...
Stephen Glass

Stephen Glass

male, 37 years old
Stephen Glass (born 1972) was an American reporter for "The New Republic", who was fired for basing his articles on fake quotes, sources, and...
John Stonehouse

John Stonehouse

male, deceased (1988)
John Thomson Stonehouse (28 July 1925 - 14 April 1988) was a British politician and minister under Harold Wilson. Stonehouse is perhaps most famous...