How Trump s election scam is still making him money
Trump s campaign donation scam wasn t his first con. It definitely won t be his last.
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April 9, 2021, 9:48 AM UTC
Former President Donald Trump never expected to win the presidency in 2016, but he did expect to make a bigger national name for himself. He might have planned to attract an ever-larger following of disaffected Americans and translate this support into profits, perhaps from a new Trump television network that would compete with Fox News.
Like so many before him, Trump knows how to mesmerize people as he lightens their wallets.
Trump s most successful business may have been his presidency
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Wall Street Crime And Punishment: Albert H Wiggin, An Old-School Banker Whose Stock Prescience Got Him In Trouble
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What makes the rich steal?
In his novel
The Embezzler, Louis Auchincloss delved into the true story of Richard Whitney, a patrician financier who lost it all.
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In the 1930s, Richard Whitney was one of the most respected figures on Wall Street. A four-time president of the New York Stock Exchange, Whitney had won fame in 1929 when, with the backing of leading bankers, his ostentatious buying temporarily halted frantic selling on the trading floor.
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A decade later, his reputation lay in tatters. By 1938, it emerged that Whitney had covered huge losses in his own portfolio by embezzling from others, including the New York Yacht Club, which he served as treasurer, and his father-in-law’s estate. To many people, he became a symbol of the rot they perceived at the core of American finance, and he served more than three years in Sing Sing for his crimes.