![]() He tells the true story of the most spectacular forgery in history – how four Yankee rascals attempted daylight robbery from the Bank of England. The 19th-century forgery case that made historyīritish author and broadcaster Nicholas Booth recently published a book about the 19 th-century’s most famous fraud case, The Thieves of Threadneedle Street: The Incredible True Story of the American Forgers Who Nearly Broke the Bank of England(New York: Pegasus Books, 2016). The case pitted the best detective in the world – Willie Pinkerton – against the so-called “Terror of Wall Street,” and led law enforcement on a wild goose chase throughout the world. Its crimes almost broke the Bank of England. In time, this group became the most successful forgers in the world. Dressed as elegant businessmen, the crooks robbed banks with pen and paper. A pen will do nicely, too.Īs the American Civil War drew to a close, a 19 th-century forgery conspiracy proved that point quite nicely. ![]()
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