In the 80-90 years of the XIX century in the American city of San Francisco lived a world-famous cheat named George Keplinger. Even now he is considered a genius at card cheats. The biography of this man is almost unknown, but he became famous in the world as a player of the highest level. The talents of this man manifested themselves exclusively in one area - the card game. In it he was an ace, a true professional. 

Frederick Waldo Demara, nicknamed "The Great Impostor", was a man who spent his entire life pretending to be someone else. He had virtually no education, but managed to try himself in many professions, and very successfully. He himself said about his life that it was a fraud and nothing more.....

On May 24, 1626, Peter Minuit pulled off the most famous deal in the real estate market. Not much and not a little, but he bought Manhattan - the present center of New York. Was this purchase really profitable?

"Brooklyn Bridge cheap and in installments!" It was almost impossible to resist such a lucrative offer, so at the dawn of the twentieth century a talented American swindler sold the New York landmark twice a week for thirty years!