Arch-swindler moist van lipwig never believed his confidence crimes were hanging offenses - until he found himself with a noose tightly around his neck, dropping through a trapdoor, and falling into.a government job? By ...Arch-swindler moist van lipwig never believed his confidence crimes were hanging offenses - until he found himself with a noose tightly around his neck, dropping through a trapdoor, and falling into.a government job? By all rights, moist should have met his maker.