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Who and when sold the Eiffel Tower for scrap?

In 1925, the Czech Viktor Lustig pulled off a scam to sell the Eiffel Tower. Having gathered several businessmen at a secret meeting, he announced that the government could no longer maintain the tower and was forced to hand it over for scrap. His victim was Andre Poisson, who paid a huge amount in cash, and after he recognized the deception, he did not even go to the police, fearing shame in business circles. A month later, Lustig returned to Paris and sold the tower again. True, the new buyer nevertheless turned to the police before completing the transaction, but the swindler managed to avoid arrest. After emigrating to the United States, Lustig continued to engage in fraud and ended up in Alcatraz.

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