
The Fraudster's Guide to Magic Money
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Sam Israel and Robert Booth Nichols
- Sam Israel, running a fraudulent hedge fund, fell under the spell of Robert Booth Nichols, a supposed top CIA agent and confidence trickster.
- Israel believed Nichols had access to a CIA program monitoring global bank transactions and flew to London to get access.
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