Frauds, Deceptions, and Swindles

• Author: Carl Sifakis
• ISBN 10: 0816044228
• ISBN 13: 9780816044221
• Format: Paperback (196 pages)
• List Price: $17.95
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  List Price: $17.95

  Tags: History, Americas, United States,

  Book Description:
  More than eighty entries in this fascinating book examine America's most underhanded plots-and the dishonest men and women who created and perpetrated them. Detailed and captivating coverage includes schemes and frauds such as accident faking, cash machine rackets, the Gold Brick swindle, Lord Gordon-Gordon, Charles Ponzi, the Spanish Prisoner, and much more. Entries inlcude: Albert Adams Rev. Jim Bakker The Black Sox Scandal Ivan Boesky Check Passing The Great Diamond Hoax Charles Keating Medical Quackery The New York Lottery Swindle Maria Monk Pyramid Schemes Watered Stock.

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