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TIL in 1937 the soviets discovered that Samuel Dickstein, a prominent NY congressman, was running a criminal business of selling illegal US passports. He got on the soviet payroll for $1,250 a mon... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Ainsley-Sorsby on 2025-02-28 15:49:06.

Original Title: TIL in 1937 the soviets discovered that Samuel Dickstein, a prominent NY congressman, was running a criminal business of selling illegal US passports. He got on the soviet payroll for $1,250 a month($27k today) with the codename "crook", refering to his greediness. Nobody found out until the 90's

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