Here Be Fraud (and Mosquitos)

A flamboyant adventurer known for exaggerating his military exploits returns to Great Britain with tales of a new land of opportunity on the Mosquito Coast. Sponsors C&R Consulting - https://ohmyfraud.promo/cnr  Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CE Launch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CE Download the app: Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.app Questions? Need help? Email [email protected]. CONNECT WITH CALEB Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/ Sources: Did you read? [r/portlandia] Gregor MacGregor [Wikipedia] The Land That Never Was: Sir Gregor MacGregor and the Most Audacious Fraud in History [Sinclair, David (2004)] David Sinclair - The Sun sub who became a prolific author [The Guardian] Amelia Island affair [Wikipedia] Memoirs of Gregor M'Gregor [Rafter, M. (1820)] Proceedings of an Inquiry and Investigation instituted by Major-General Codd, His Majesty's Superintendent and commander-in-chief at Belize, Honduras, Relative to Poyais [Daniel Crouch Rare Books] Gregor McGregor and the Colonization of Poyais, between 1820 and 1824 [The Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Nov., 1927), pp. 438-459 via JSTOR] The king of con-men [The Economist via Wayback Machine] List of ships of the Poyais scheme [Wikipedia] Poyais land grant for 60 acres from Gregor MacGregor, April 1834 [University of Edinburgh] Sketch of the Mosquito Shore, Including the Territory of Poyais [Daniel Crouch Rare Books] Poyais Loan No. A551 One Hundred Pounds. [Daniel Crouch Rare Books] Poyaisian Royalty: A George IV silver seal box, John Jago, London, 1823 [Sotheby’s]