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Wolf of Wall Street

-People:*David Lamar , a con artist known as "The Wolf of Wall Street"*Bernard Baruch, sometimes referred to as "The Lone Wolf of Wall Street"-Other uses:* A 1929 movie starring George Bancroft in the title role, which is not about David Lamar...

David Lamar (circa 1877 - January 12, 1934) was an conman

Confidence trick

A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group by gaining their confidence. A confidence artist is an individual working alone or in concert with others who exploits characteristics of the human psyche such as dishonesty and honesty, vanity, compassion, credulity, irresponsibility,...

 known as the "Wolf of Wall Street".

Biography

In 1913 he was under indictment in New York and was charged with impersonating a member of Congress.
When James McMahon

James McMahon

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 appeared against Lamar in court, McMahon was stabbed and beaten by members of the Eastman Gang

Eastman Gang

The Eastman Gang was the last of New York's street gangs which dominated the city's underworld during the late 1890s until early 1910s. Along with the Five Points Gang under Paul Kelly, the Eastmans succeeded the long dominant Whyos as the first non-Irish street gang to gain prominence in the...

 as he entered the courthouse and was unable to testify.

During 1915, Lamar acted as an agent for the German Navy intelligence agent in New York City, Franz von Rintelen

Franz von Rintelen

Captain Franz Dagobert Johannes von Rintelen was a German Naval Intelligence officer in the United States during World War I....

, in promoting strikes and work slowdowns in munitions plants by means of the Labor's National Peace Council. From offices at 55 Liberty Street, von Rintelen spent US$500,000 doing so, most of which went to Lamar, whose reports of success were exaggerated.

Lamar died in 1934.

Source

• Tuchman, Barbara W. The Zimmermann Telegram. New York: NEL Mentor, 1967.