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The Credit Mobilier scandal of the 1860s centered around a government and business scheme to

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This was a fraud scheme. When the Transcontinental Railroad was being built, the Credit Mobilier company was trying to take money from stockholders and the government by charging much higher rates than usual, and the company was also paying congressional members for patronage and political favors.
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