Stories of bamboozlers and the bamboozled, schemers, cheats, and opportunities far too good to be true
Tues, May 16, at Public Works SF.
Featuring:
Lilia Gutnik – Old Mother Mandelbaum & her School for Thieves
Christian Cagigal – The Rube Act: Canada Bill Jones & the Three Card Monte
Lindsay Lelivelt – The Beautician from Hell: Madame Rachel’s Cosmetic Con
Richard Cody Nichols – Leonardo, Machiavelli & the Plot to Steal the Arno River
Chris Carrico – Stealing Portugal…from Itself? The Criminal Cunning of Artur Virgilio Alves Reis
John J. Kaufman – Greed, Misdirection & Forgeries: How Tino De Angelis scammed Wall Street
Curated by Marci Bennett