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Great frauds in history: Calisto Tanzi and Parmalat
Features Calisto Tanzi systematically falsifying dairy company Parmalat’s financial statements, using complex derivatives and subsidiaries to hide the total amount of debt.
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Great frauds in history: Robert Maxwell
Features Robert Maxwell looted millions from the pension fund of the Mirror Group, wiping out shareholders and condemning pensioners to poverty.
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15 Great frauds in history
Features Throughout human history, commen, fraudsters and swindlers have plotted to get rich quick on the backs of other people. Here, we look at 15 of history's biggest frauds.
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Great frauds in history: Albert Dunlap – “Chainsaw Al”
Features Albert Dunlop gained a reputation for turning around companies – until his methods were found out.
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Great frauds in history: Ivar Kruger
Features Swedish match magnate Ivar Kruger built what looked like a profitable business – but it was all a deception. Matthew Partridge explains.
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Great frauds in history: Samuel Israel and Bayou Group
Features Samuel Israel's investment returns weren't all that they appeared to be as investors learnt to their cost.
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Great frauds in history: Bernard Ebbers and WorldCom
Tutorials In 1998, WorldCom was the world's second-biggest telephone company. At its peak, it had a market cap of $186bn, and its founder, Bernard Ebber, had an estimated fortune of $1.4bn
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Great frauds in history: Crazy Eddie Antar
Tutorials Eddie Antar and his relatives set up discount electronics store, fiddled the books and lost investors millions.
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Great frauds in history: Asil Nadir and Polly Peck
Features Asil Nadir systematically falsified the books of his company, Polly Peck, exaggerating profits and sales and making off with millions of pounds of investors' money.
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