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Part One: The King of Con Artists, Victor Lustig

Behind the Bastards

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How to Prevent a Murderer From Getting Away With It

Andra Listing pretended that he was the deputy director of the French Ministry of the Post and Telegraph. The whole scam was as meticulous as you would expect from a guy like Listing, right? He made sure they were really fancy refreshments there, truffles and paté,. But this is a government meeting: They're not going to buy the nice shit. This is how business is done in Paris. Poisson writes Listing a sizable check in exchange for the tower, and Listing skips town with his business partner as soon as it clears. After a few days, he realized that something didn't add up.

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