Henry Vincent Greene made a simple promise to the hard-working men and women who invested their savings with him. He would “put...
On Feb. 22, 1878, the treasurer of the Dexter Savings Bank, John Wilson Barron, was found lying in front of the bank...
Charles Ponzi sent Bostonians into such a frenzy over his get-rich-quick scheme in 1920 that police had to subdue enthusiastic investors. They...