Was there ever such a thing as a Moriarty - a "Napoleon

>>2714995
If you ask the communists, its the capitalists and financiers.

But truly, no. Unless you're some kind of serial killer or Anton Chigurh level hitman. Violence is necessary or present in almost every criminal endeavor, whether by the perpetrator or competitors.

>>2714995
>without just resorting to force of violence and thugs.

But Moriarty used those.

>>2715020
>>2715002
Yes, I see your point, and once I posted it I kinda regretted that I hadn't explained it better. Allow me to rephrase it as ".... an empire based on that knowledge without just solely resorting to violence like drug kingpins, or organised crime tends to do"

I'm just curious in seeing whether there's ever been such a thing as a "gentleman thief" who actually made large scale industry out of those skills.

>>2714995

Well, a good place to start would be Jonathan Wild and Adam Worth, who inspired the character of Moriarty

>>2715039
as >>2715002 predicted, I'd say the ones to fit that criteria the best are the robber barons of the nineteen century
dealing on shady shit, not giving a fuck about local or foreign economies and just making mad dosh at the expense of morality

>>2715207
Thanks!

>>2715300
Yeah, I'd thought about robber barons, but given the fact that their business tended to be on the "right" side of the law, disregarding their ethical issues, I discounted them.

The guys that stole kim Kardashians jewelry a little bit ago were apparently famous diamond thieves or something.