The title Charles Ponzi instantly recollects the monetary scheme that bears his title. However what of the person who helped expose Ponzi’s scheme? As we speak on the present, the unbelievable, little recognized story of Simon Swig, who upended Boston’s monetary and banking world within the early twentieth century earlier than crossing paths with the infamous scammer.
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