Ropey relics and specious speculation - fraud through the ages

As long as humankind have walked the earth, so have cunning opportunists. Keith Oliver and Caroline Timoney of Peters & Peters lead a whistlestop tour through the nefarious history of fraud - and it is striking that many notorious scams of the past have their counterparts today.

Keith Oliver (+44 (0)20 7822 7722, keoliver@petersandpeters.com) is head of International and Caroline Timoney is a researcher with specialist fraud and white-collar crime lawyers Peters & Peters.

As long as humankind have walked the earth, so have cunning opportunists. Keith Oliver and Caroline Timoney of Peters & Peters lead a whistlestop tour through the nefarious history of fraud - and it is striking that many notorious scams of the past have their counterparts today.