15 - Marthe Hanau, the banker - Legendary Crooks, True Stories

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16 - Rudy Kurniawan, the grapes of wrath - Legendary Crooks, True Stories

His real name is Zhen Wang Huang, an Indonesian who was considered one of the leading experts in oenology in the early 2000s. Born in Indonesia to Chinese parents, he immigrated to the United States in 1998, where he studied in California. He quickly took the name Rudy Kurniawan, ...  Show more

17 - John Brinkley, the biggest medical quack - Legendary Crooks, True Stories

Desiring to become a prominent physician, but unable to afford medical school, John, born in 1885 to born in 1885 to a modest North Carolina family, John decided to buy a degree directly from a degree. With no skills whatsoever, he was now licensed to practice in Kansas, Arkansas ...  Show more

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