This is a basic con, scam, swindle, grift, bunko, flim flam, stratagem, or scheme. Greed and gullibility are, as ever, essential ingredients.
According to papers lodged in Manhattan's District Court, the businessman told potential clients that the Vatican had formally appointed him to manage its financial affairs. To bolster his claims he kept various ceremonial robes at his office in New York, including those of senior clergymen, according to witnesses cited by the prosecution.
To bolster his claims he kept various ceremonial robes at his office in New York, including those of senior clergymen, according to witnesses cited by the prosecution.
It's odd that anyone would think managing Vatican finances would require priestly vestments rather than a suit, tie and mobile, but I suppose people are strange like that.
That the templars introduced the concept to Christendom... I can't dispute that. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
It also offers a rich picture of history leading up to the emergence of Islam. You can't be me, I'm taken
