Victor Lustig was one of the most imaginative criminals in history. He was born in Prague in 1890, he learned to speak 5 languages but he soon turned to a life of crime. In the 1920s he emigrated to the USA. Here he swindled a bank manager. Three years later he returned in Europe.

When he was in Paris, he capitalized on a controversy about the Eiffel Tower. This way he could sell the Tower two times to some businessmen.

He had been arrested for the last time in 1935 and the judge sent him to Alcatraz. He died there in 1947.

1890 birth

1920s emigrated in the USA

1922 swindled a bank manager

1925 returned to Europe, sold the Eiffel Tower, went to USA

1935 arrested for the last time

1947 death