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  • The OneCoin Scheme

    Bulgaria · 2014–2019 · Fraud — Ruja Ignatova and Sebastian Greenwood defrauded millions of investors worldwide of ove...

  • The Enron Scandal

    United States · 1997–2001 · Fraud — Enron executives concealed billions in debt and fabricated profits through off-ba...

  • The Mona Lisa Theft

    France · 1911 · Theft — In August 1911, Italian handyman Vincenzo Peruggia stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre by hid...

  • The Theranos Scandal

    United States · 2002–2025 · Fraud — Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and COO Sunny Balwani raised over $700 million ...

  • Lufthansa Heist

    United States · 1978 · Heist — Armed robbers guided by an airline insider stole $5.875 million in cash and jewels fro...

  • The Tinder Swindler

    United Kingdom · 2018–2019 · Scam — Shimon Hayut posed as a diamond billionaire's son on Tinder, running a transnatio...

  • Antwerp Diamond Heist

    Belgium · 2003 · Heist — An Italian crew breached the heavily guarded Antwerp Diamond Center vault and emptied 109 sa...

  • The Great Train Robbery

    United Kingdom · 1963 · Heist — A criminal gang tampered with track signals to stop a Royal Mail train in Buckinghams...

  • D. B. Cooper Hijacking

    United States · 1971 · Hijacking — A passenger calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727, extorted $200,000, a...

  • Fyre Festival

    The Bahamas · 2017 · Scam — Entrepreneur Billy McFarland promoted a luxury Bahamian music festival through fake finan...

  • The Gardner Museum Theft

    United States · 1990 · Theft — Two thieves disguised as police officers bluffed their way into Boston's Gardner Museu...

  • The Alcatraz Escape

    United States · 1962 · Escape — Three inmates tunneled through concrete cell walls, left lifelike dummy heads in thei...

  • The Madoff Scheme

    United States · 1970–2008 · Fraud — Former NASDAQ chairman Bernie Madoff ran a massive Ponzi scheme for decades throu...

  • United California Bank Heist

    United States · 1972 · Heist — One of the most sophisticated bank heists in American history, carried out by breaking...