Chadwick (10 October 1857 – 10 October 1907) was a pseudonym used by a Canadian woman who defrauded several American banks out of millions of dollars by claiming to be an illegitimate daughter and heiress of Andrew Carnegie.
Newspaper accounts of the time described her as one of the greatest con artists in American history.Chadwick pulled off this heist during the Gilded Age in American history when women were not allowed to vote or get loans from the banks.
This is why some historians believe it is one of the greatest bank heists in American history.