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"When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer...
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Glass Spider Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Self-styled traces the strange-but-true story of the enigmatic American confidence man Dr. Robert Vernon Spears. This was made possible by the remarkably diverse trail of captivating newspaper headlines and forensic breadcrumbs he left along the decades of his life?s journey -- some comical, some endearing, and others tragic. In mid-century-modern America, Dr. Spears became a household name as the most famous man of confidence ? pushing presidents,...
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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"There is an elite crime spree happening in America, and the privileged perps are getting away with it. Selling loose cigarettes on a city sidewalk can lead to a choke-hold arrest, and death, if you are not among the top 1%. But if you're rich and commit mail, wire, or bank fraud, embezzle pension funds, lie in court, obstruct justice, bribe a public official, launder money, or cheat on your taxes, you're likely to get off scot-free (or even win an...
6) Mercy
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Pub. Date
[2001]
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English
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Garwood takes readers into New Orleans' exclusive Garden District and the backwoods of Louisiana's mysterious bayou country in an unforgettable novel of passion and suspense that cuts straight to the heart. When esteemed Justice Department attorney Theo Buchanan is struck ill at a New Orleans gala, Dr. Michelle Renard works fast to save his life. Soon, Theo finds himself in a race to save her when Michelle is targeted by a deadly crime ring. They...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing with impunity? The problem goes beyond banks deemed "Too Big to Fail" to almost every large corporation in America-- to pharmaceutical companies and auto manufacturers and beyond. The Chickenshit Club-- an inside reference to prosecutors too scared of failure and too daunted by legal impediments to do their jobs-- explains why. A character-driven...
8) Killer view
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Kendra Michaels volume 9
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English
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Hired by an incarceration consultant, who prepares wealthy people for prison, to find his missing partner, army vet and former bodyguard for the rich and famous Jessie Mercado learns just how far someone will go to keep the fate of one man hidden.
Kendra Michaels, blind before gaining her sight via a revolutionary surgical procedure, offers her razor-sharp senses to assist her friend Jessie Mercado in a baffling case. An army vet and former bodyguard...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"In People vs. Donald Trump, Pomerantz tells the story of his unprecedented investigation, why he believes Donald Trump should be prosecuted, and what we can learn about the nature of justice in America from this extraordinary case. The investigation led him to believe that the former president's approach to business had much in common with the business practices of another well-known public figure--former mob boss John J. Gotti. Pomerantz has written...
11) The complicities
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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"A woman tries to rebuild her life after her husband's conviction for huge financial fraud"--
After her husband Alan's decades of financial fraud are exposed, Suzanne's wealthy, comfortable life shatters. Alan goes to prison. Suzanne files for divorce, decamps to a barely middle-class Massachusetts beach town, and begins to create a new life and identity. Ignoring a steady stream of calls from Norfolk State Prison, she tries to cleanse herself of...
12) White-collar and financial crimes: a casebook of fraudsters, scam artists, and corporate thieves
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University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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English
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"At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie was armed with only the vague notion that people were making heaps of money on something he didn't entirely understand. Lured in, McKenzie dove deep into blockchain, Bitcoin, and the various other coins and exchanges on which they are traded. But after scratching the surface, he had to ask, "Is this all a total scam?" In Easy Money, McKenzie enlists the help of journalist Jacob Silverman for an...