Great frauds in history: the Independent West Middlesex Fire and Life Assurance Company’s early Ponzi scheme – MoneyWeek
Thomas Knowles was born in 1782 in Hythe, Kent, and went on to work as a servant in London. He was declared insolvent in 1819 and 1825, before finally being admitted to debtors prison for several months in 1829. William Hole, who was also born in Hythe, in 1793, worked as an apprentice before moving…