Edward Lawrence Levy (fraudster)

Edward Lawrence Levy (c. 1826 – 20 October 1892) was a British solicitor convicted of forgery, fraud and perjury. Along with two of his sons, he was the subject of an entire editorial article in The Times in 1882, which summarized their "organized system of fraud and perjury".[1] He went to prison three times and died in Wormwood Scrubs five months into his third sentence.[2]

  1. ^ The Times, Editorial, 11 December 1882, page 9.
  2. ^ Ward, R.D. (2013). Wealth and Notoriety: the extraordinary families of William Levy and Charles Lewis of London, pages 61-74. ISBN 978-1-291-33477-7. http://copac.ac.uk/search?isn=9781291334777&rn=1