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1) Easy money: cryptocurrency, casino capitalism, and the golden age of fraud

Author

McKenzie, Benjamin

Series

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

Description

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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...

2) Never saw me coming: how I outsmarted the FBI and the entire banking system--and pocketed $40 million

Author

Smith, Tanya

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

2024.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

vi, 425 pages ; 24 cm.

Language

English

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"In Never Saw Me Coming, Tanya Smith shares her deeply personal and remarkable story of how she went from a precocious young girl to a money-grabbing, computer-savvy wiz. It starts out as a keen interest in technology and innocently acquiring phone numbers to Michael Jackson, as well as other celebrities, and moves to her successfully stealing and depositing $5,000 into her grandmother's banking account. By the time she is 18, the risk taker has confiscated...

3) Opus: the cult of dark money, human trafficking, and right-wing conspiracy inside the Catholic Church

Author

Gore, Gareth

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

2024.

Edition

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Physical Desc

439 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

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"For over half a century, Banco Popular was one of the most profitable banks in the world--until one day, in 2017, when the Spanish bank suddenly collapsed overnight. When investigative journalist Gareth Gore was dispatched to report on the story, he expected to find yet another case of unbridled capitalist ambition gone wrong. Instead, he uncovered decades of deception that hid one of the most brazen cases of corporate pillaging in history, perpetrated...

4) Lying for money: how legendary frauds reveal the workings of the world

Author

Davies, Dan (Economist)

Publisher

Scribner

Pub. Date

2021.

Physical Desc

288 pages ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description

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"An entertaining, deeply informative explanation of how high-level financial crimes work, written with verve and wit by an industry insider and expert in the field Lying, fraud, and fiscal deception are a daily news item, and the list of well-known banks, companies, and multinational financial institutions prosecuted for such crimes seems never ending. Since money was created, people have tried to sell things that don't exist and buy things without...

5) The killing fields of East New York: the first subprime mortgage scandal, a white-collar crime spree, and the collapse of an American neighborhood

Author

Horn, Stacy

Publisher

Gillian Flynn Books, a Zando imprint

Pub. Date

2025.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

342 pages : map ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description

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A compulsively readable hybrid of true crime and investigative journalism, The Killing Fields of East New York reveals how white-collar crime reduced a prospering neighborhood to abandoned buildings and empty lots. Following the dual threads of the hunt for the network of criminals behind the first subprime mortgage scandal and the ensuing downfall of East New York, Stacy Horn weaves a compelling narrative of government failure, a desperate community,...

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1) Easy money: cryptocurrency, casino capitalism, and the golden age of fraud

2) Never saw me coming: how I outsmarted the FBI and the entire banking system--and pocketed $40 million

3) Opus: the cult of dark money, human trafficking, and right-wing conspiracy inside the Catholic Church

4) Lying for money: how legendary frauds reveal the workings of the world

5) The killing fields of East New York: the first subprime mortgage scandal, a white-collar crime spree, and the collapse of an American neighborhood

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