The Long Con: Enron.

February 23, 2002 in imported | No comments

The Long Con: Enron.
Enron Designed Fake Trading Floor – Former Employee Claims No Trades Transpired. ( via Tom Tomorrow )

See also: The Sting, The Grifters.

Amazing and appalling behavior. The lesson? The bigger the lie, the more likely it will be believed.

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