Beck, Sophie (1858–?)
Beck, Sophie (1858–?)
American swindler. Born 1858; death date unknown.
After operating as a minor confidence artist, relocated from New York to Philadelphia where she sold stock in a phony Story Cotton Co.; accepted cash-only investments and made away with over $2 million before escaping to Europe (1903).
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