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1860s. Jacob Young, William Abrams, and Nancy Clem ran what author Wendy Gamber argues, in her book The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age, was the first-ever Ponzi scheme. [ 1][ 2] In Munich, Germany, Adele Spitzeder founded the "Spitzedersche Privatbank" in 1869, promising an interest rate of 10 percent per month.
The "Con Queen" scam is a long-running and elaborate scam perpetrated by the so-called Hollywood Con Queen, an Indonesian impostor named Hargobind Punjabi Tahilramani who was eventually found and arrested. The con, which was successfully operated for several years, targets entertainment industry gig workers, who travel to Indonesia believing ...
Hollywood, Florida. / 26.02139°N 80.17500°W / 26.02139; -80.17500. Hollywood is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. It is a suburb in the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6.14 million people as of the 2020 census. The population of Hollywood was 153,067 as of 2020, [ 3] making it the third-largest city in ...
Box office. $15.4 million [ 1] The Greatest Game Ever Played is a 2005 American biographical sports film based on the early life of amateur golf champion Francis Ouimet and his surprise winning of the 1913 U.S. Open. The film was directed by Bill Paxton, and was his last film as a director. Shia LaBeouf plays the role of Ouimet.
The film’s story hinges on Gilmore’s battle with his new rival, Shooter McGavin. The rivalry between the two and and the lengths McGavin will go to put Gilmore off helped the movie blossom ...
Back view of the historic Hollywood Beach Resort, that is also known as the ‘Grand Lady,’ that was declared unsafe by the city of Hollywood on May 6, forcing all guests to be vacated. Located ...
Hollywood Open. The Hollywood Open was a golf tournament played in Hollywood, Florida from 1936 to 1938. It was played in early March. The 1936 and 1937 events were played at Hollywood Golf and Country Club with the 1938 tournament played at Orangebrook Golf & Country Club. The Hollywood Beach Hotel Open was also played in the town at the end ...
Herbert Charles Coningsby Tippet M.C. (he preferred to be known as Charles and rarely used his third name) [4] was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, on 23 November 1891 into a family originally from the south-west of England, and brought up in Bristol [5] and Sudbury, Suffolk. Baptised in St. Woollos, now Newport Cathedral, on 27 February ...