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Rare Original Charles Ponzi press photo 10/7/34 saying goodbye as the legendary conman is being deported back to his homeland of Italy, one of the defining moments of his extraordinary “career.”
7 x 9 inches with caption paper still affixed to reverse.
From Wikipedia:
Ponzi was released in 1934. With the release came an immediate order to have him deported to Italy. He asked for a full pardon from Massachusetts Governor Joseph B. Ely. However, on July 13, Ely turned the appeal down.[22] Ponzi's charismatic confidence had faded, and when he left the prison gates, he was met by an angry crowd. He told reporters before he left, "I went looking for trouble, and I found it." On October 7, Ponzi was officially deported.
Rose stayed in the U.S. and divorced Ponzi in 1937.[23] She had not wanted to leave Boston, and Ponzi was in no position to support her in any event.
In Italy, Ponzi jumped from scheme to scheme, but little came of them. He eventually got a job in Brazil as an agent for Ala Littoria, the Italian state airline.[2] During World War II, however, the airline's operation in the country was shut down after the British intelligence services intervened and Brazil sided with the Allies. During that time, Ponzi also wrote his autobiography.[24]
