20 Clever Schemers Who Flew Too Close to the Sun

Everyone is always searching for a way to game the system, but it takes a special person to actually find one.

Published 8 months ago in Funny

Everyone is always searching for a way to game the system, but it takes a special person to actually find one. These 20 clever schemers successfully enacted their own master plans, earning themselves great wealth and admiration along the way.

But blinded by their success and a bit of hubris, they all flew too close to the Sun. If only they'd been satisfied with their winnings, they could have ridden off into the sunset without a care in the world. Instead, they found themselves arrested and burned.

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In 1979, 25-year-old George Koskotas fled the US for Greece pending 61 felony charges. There, he forged a degree to get hired at a bank and within seven years he scammed his way into becoming one of the country's richest men. He was arrested at the White House in 1987 while meeting the president.