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It was called the Crédit Mobilier Scandal. It happened in the 1860 when the company set out to build part of the railroad and swindled the US taxpayers out of $23 MILLION. All of the money went to the bank accounts of the Union Pacific directors and the Crédit Mobilier stockholders.

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