
Part One: The King of Con Artists, Victor Lustig
Behind the Bastards
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The American Conman, Victor Lustig
Lustig and Roberta were married in New York City by late 1919. They conned their way up and down the Eastern seaboard for a few blissful years. Eventually, Victor did come clean about the fact that he was not a European count. He had rescued her from a life of Midwestern poverty.
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