The Benson Syndicate was a 19th-century criminal organization in the western United States that obtained contracts from the United States General Land Office (GLO) to perform cadastral land surveys of the public lands, then fraudulently executed or entirely fabricated the work. It was led by, and named after, John A. Benson (1845–1910), originally from Illinois, who served as a US deputy surveyor in California.
The Benson Syndicate was a 19th-century criminal organization in the western United States that obtained contracts from the United States General Land Office (GLO) to perform cadastral land surveys of the public lands, then fraudulently executed or entirely fabricated the work. It was led by, and named after, John A. Benson (1845–1910), originally from Illinois, who served as a US deputy surveyor in California.
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