ACFE Fraud Museum Displays Bernie Madoff’s Cigar Box, Enron Stock, Nigerian Fraud Letters, More —Accounting Today

Fraud’s History is Impressive: From Over-the-Counter Cure-Alls to Florida Real Estate and Musical Talent Fraud

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners has built up a choice collection of fraud souvenirs under founder and chairman Dr. Joseph T. Wells. Visit the Accounting Today site to see  some of the most notable pieces, which include Bernie Madoff’s cigar box, an Enron stock certificate, a Nigerian Fraud letter, actual documents from the 18^th Century South Sea Bubble, Orangeine Over-the-Counter Medicine, a Florida Land Warranty Deal, a Swedish Match King [Ivan Kreuger] Debenture Certificate, Musical Frauds [“Your song may have great merit!”], an 1854 Police Court Summons [issued by the Mayor of Boston to a defendant charged with defrauding a poor and visiting sailor], and more. 

Bernie Madoff’s Cigar Box