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Great frauds in history: Carlton Cushnie’s befuddling Ponzi scheme

Carlton Cushnie set up a finance company which was valued at an estimated £230m, but made only one trade finance loan in its existence, which actually lost money.

by: Dr Matthew Partridge
28 Oct 2020
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