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Author Jobb, Dean, 1958-

Title Empire of deception : the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation / Dean Jobb.

Publication Info. [United States] : Highbridge Company, [2015]
℗2015

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  CD 364.163 JOB    Storage
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  CD-BOOK 364.163 JOB    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  CD BOOK 364.163 JOBB    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  CD364.163 JO    Check Shelf
Edition Unabridged.
Description 8 audio discs (9 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Title from container.
Performer Read by Peter Berkrot.
Note Compact discs.
Duration: 9:30:00.
GMD: sound recording.
Summary A rollicking story of greed, financial corruption, dirty politics, over-the-top and under-the-radar deceit, illicit sex, and a brilliant and wildly charming con man who kept a Ponzi scheme alive perhaps for longer than anyone else in history. Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people (who should have known better) to invest as much as $30 million, upwards of $400 million today; in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama.
Subject Koretz, Leo, 1879-1925.
Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Fugitives from justice -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography.
Ponzi schemes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Commercial crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Audiobooks.
Added Author Berkrot, Peter.
ISBN 9781622315765
1622315766
Standard No. 9781622315765
Music No. 792576 HighBridge
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