Title: Richard Whitney Description: Richard Whitney (1888-1974), American financier and President of the New York Stock Exchange (1930-1935), is sworn in to testify about his shoddy business affairs, particularly uncollateralized loans he never intended to repay as well as embezzling fortunes from the portfolios of customers he managed, and stealing more than $800,000 worth of bonds form his father-in-law's estate; he was convicted of embezzlement and sent to New York's Sing Sing Prison to serve between five to ten years; business leaders; embezzlers; Location: New York, New York, 1938 Keywords: financiers, fraud, Great Depression, swindlers Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2550 x 2324 (5.93 MPixels) (1.10) Print Size: 21.6 x 19.7 cm; 8.5 x 7.7 inches File Size: 16.97 MB (17,797,418 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000095245 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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