Buy now — pay (and pay, and pay, and pay) later
9 min
He caused the dot-com bubble of the early 19th century. Nearly 200 years ago, Gregor MacGregor pulled off one of the most brazen real estate scams in history. Mark Dent explores how a member of British high society, created a fake country, lured people to the Caribbean to settle there, and helped cause a nationwide financial crisis.