Tag: con men of history

Historically famous cons have two things in common: a significant number of duped individuals and a significant amount of financial damage, all from a false origin. The 1820s and 30s saw one of the greatest cons of all time from a Scottish Jack of all trades named Gregor MacGregor. Though the scheme barely broke 1 […]

Alexi Indris-Santana quickly won over the Princeton admissions officials with tales of his Thoreau-esque upbringing as a brillant self-taught Utah ranch hand who slept under the stars with his horse, Good Enough. The admissions committee even offered Indris-Santana $40,000 in financial aid to help with tuition costs. Although Indris-Santana was accepted into Princeton for the […]