Preston Tucker
publication date: Friday, August 28, 2015 (part of Summer 2015)
category: 
Business
clue: This Michigander's innovative approach to automobile engineering was not successful, in part because of his innovative approach to stock fraud.
explanation: Tucker was an entrepreneur in the automobile business whose designs introduced numerous features still used today, but who quickly went out of business amid allegations of stock fraud. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Justin Woods, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Joanna Woods, Matthew Preston, Mike Rothstein, Mike Eberhart, and Stan Iwanchuk
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