possible but in the end had to ask Alberti to resign. A few months later, on 8 September 1908, Alberti turned himself in to the police for embezzlement of 18 million DKK (1.1 billion DKK as of 2013). He was sentenced to 8 years in 'Tugthus' (imprisonment at hard labor) and was imprisoned from 1912 to 1917. After his release he lived quietly as a clerk. The affair was a scandal that echoed over all of Europe and also involved Alberti's British business partners. In Denmark it led to the fall of the Christensen cabinet and for some years it poisoned the political atmosphere in Denmark. It is therefore still considered one of the most serious swindles of modern Danish history. References Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, vol. 1, Copenhagen, 1979. Svend Thorsen: De danske ministerier, vol. 2, Copenhagen, 1972. 1851 births 1932 deaths 20th-century Danish criminals Danish male criminals Danish Justice Ministers Danish prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Denmark Venstre (Denmark) politicians Politicians from Copenhagen Politicians convicted of embezzlement Members of the Folketing 1892–1895 Members of the Folketing 1895–1898 Members of the Folketing 1898–1901 Members of the Folketing 1901–1903 Members of the Folketing 1903–1906 Members of the Folketing 1906–1909 Ministers for Iceland