Nemere István - con artists and balekok

The author likes swindlers: he considers them to be generous, intelligent, food-loving people who win over their fellow human beings solely through their education and twisted wits - and this impresses him. We can learn that even at the beginning of the twentieth century there was a "notorious broker" in Budapest who used stock market investments and ripped off his clients. There was a man who could do anything for the brilliants, but also a cashier who brilliantly deceived his pursuers and "threw" a huge sum of money to America. There was a Hungarian swindler who became a preacher of several churches, a businessman, then a member of the British House of Representatives, a successful writer, a spy for several secret services and an illegal arms dealer, and then everything for the Chinese government, only to end his life full of mysteries and adventures as a Buddhist high priest. . There was a Hungarian swindler who sold a street, but also one who pretended to be a prince and thus deceived the whole of Europe. There was a citizen of our country who sold another luxury cruise ship to a gullible American millionaire and who even cut the Monte Carlo casino for a large sum. We can get to know the uncrowned king of crooks, who in twenty-some years defrauded not only the rich, but also the governments of several countries. with a giddy cable telegraph trick. But also someone who fed the poor, fed the hungry and in the meantime robbed millions without them even noticing...

Csengőkert Kft.
History books
199 pages
Binding: paperback
ISBN: 9786155612107
Author: István Nemere