Ivar Kreuger: The Match King's Global Ponzi Empire

Podcast: The Fraud Archive Dialogues · The Archive Network

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

Imagine a world where a simple box of matches could be the foundation for a financial empire—and for a lie that would stretch across continents. In the aftermath of the First World War, trust was in short supply, but one Swedish businessman promised stability to governments desperate for cash. His name was Ivar Kreuger, and his story begins with a matchstick but ends with a global crisis.In the years that followed the war, Europe was split and battered. Money was tight, governments were hungry for loans, and the rules of finance were as flexible as the needs of th...