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The Art Of Making Money
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Author : Jason Kersten
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2009-06-11
The Art Of Making Money written by Jason Kersten and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-11 with True Crime categories.
Read Jason Kersten's posts on the Penguin Blog. The true story of a brilliant counterfeiter who "made" millions, outwitted the Secret Service, and was finally undone when he went in search of the one thing his forged money couldn't buy him: family. Art Williams spent his boyhood in a comfortable middle-class existence in 1970s Chicago, but his idyll was shattered when, in short order, his father abandoned the family, his bipolar mother lost her wits, and Williams found himself living in one of Chicago's worst housing projects. He took to crime almost immediately, starting with petty theft before graduating to robbing drug dealers. Eventually a man nicknamed "DaVinci" taught him the centuries-old art of counterfeiting. After a stint in jail, Williams emerged to discover that the Treasury Department had issued the most secure hundred-dollar bill ever created: the 1996 New Note. Williams spent months trying to defeat various security features before arriving at a bill so perfect that even law enforcement had difficulty distinguishing it from the real thing. Williams went on to print millions in counterfeit bills, selling them to criminal organizations and using them to fund cross-country spending sprees. Still unsatisfied, he went off in search of his long-lost father, setting in motion a chain of betrayals that would be his undoing. In The Art of Making Money, journalist Jason Kersten details how Williams painstakingly defeated the anti-forging features of the New Note, how Williams and his partner-in-crime wife converted fake bills into legitimate tender at shopping malls all over America, and how they stayed one step ahead of the Secret Service until trusting the wrong person brought them all down. A compulsively readable story of how having it all is never enough, The Art of Making Money is a stirring portrait of the rise and inevitable fall of a modern-day criminal mastermind. Watch a Video
A Counterfeiter S Paradise
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Author : Ben Tarnoff
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-03-06
A Counterfeiter S Paradise written by Ben Tarnoff and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-06 with Business & Economics categories.
"This tale of counterfeiting is a treat for everyone...a delightful history lesson...Admirable and altogether charming." -The Washington Post As Ben Tarnoff reminds us in this entertaining narrative history, get-rich-quick schemes are as old as America itself. Indeed, the speculative ethos that pervades Wall Street today, Tarnoff suggests, has its origins in the counterfeiters who first took advantage of America's turbulent economy. In A Counterfeiter's Paradise, Tarnoff chronicles the lives of three colorful counterfeiters who flourished in early America, from the colonial period to the Civil War. Driven by desire for fortune and fame, each counterfeiter cunningly manipulated the political and economic realities of his day. Through the tales of these three memorable hustlers, Tarnoff tells the larger tale of America's financial coming-of-age, from a patchwork of colonies to a powerful nation with a single currency.
You Thought It Was More
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Author : Andy Thibault
language : en
Publisher: Histria Books
Release Date : 2024-06-18
You Thought It Was More written by Andy Thibault and has been published by Histria Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Unravel the thrilling saga of an extraordinary counterfeiter in this raucously entertaining memoir!"You Thought It Was More" is the gripping memoir of Louis 'The Coin' Colavecchio, recognized as the world's best counterfeiter. Colavecchio takes readers on an amazing journey through his wild adventures around the United States and Europe through a fascinating and funny tale. He gives compelling details of his exploits as he made a great deal of undetectable slot machine tokens, exposing the hidden world of counterfeiting.Colavecchio's prowess as a jeweler, manufacturer, and charmer has earned him a place in history, having been featured on prestigious platforms such as The History Channel and The BBC. His profound impact on the casino gaming industry has left a lasting legacy, forever changing it.
Counterfeiter
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Author : Charles Black
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989-01-01
Counterfeiter written by Charles Black and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-01-01 with Counterfeiters categories.
Newton And The Counterfeiter
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Author : Thomas Levenson
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2011-03-17
Newton And The Counterfeiter written by Thomas Levenson and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-17 with History categories.
Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And there, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters, a man who not only got away with faking His Majesty's coins (a crime that the law equated with treason), but was trying to take over the Mint itself. But Chaloner had no idea who he was taking on. Newton pursued his enemy with the cold, implacable logic that he brought to his scientific research. Set against the backdrop of early eighteenth-century London with its sewers running down the middle of the streets, its fetid rivers, its packed houses, smoke and fog, its industries and its great port, this dark tale of obsession and revenge transforms our image of Britain's greatest scientist.
Fake
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Author : Robert Baudin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1947
Fake written by Robert Baudin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1947 with categories.
The Counterfeiter
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Author : Bhaswar Mukherjee
language : en
Publisher: Om Books International
Release Date : 2022-01-11
The Counterfeiter written by Bhaswar Mukherjee and has been published by Om Books International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Telgi and the stamp scam? Didn’t that happen a quarter of a century ago? Why now? Because the complete story of the counterfeiter and scamster has never been told before. Because the story of the sheer innovation and audacity of an underdog needs to be told. Because the complex web of corruption involving lawmakers and law-keepers continues. Because the crime has all the overtones of a Bollywood potboiler, replete with chases, corrupt government officials and policemen, political chicanery, bar dancers and yes, a murder too! Because of the many unanswered questions that remain, so many years after the crime and the death of Abdul Karim Ladsaab Telgi in 2017. How was it possible for a man like Telgi to establish a pan-India ‘business’ in 74 cities and reach such dizzying heights of power and pelf, amassing a personal wealth of over Rs 17,000 crore while swindling the economy to the tune of Rs 25,000 crore? How did he manage to undermine the hallowed institutions of India? What was the size of the scam? How did CBI peg the figure at a mere fraction of the guesstimated amount? The Counterfeiter chronicles the audacious swindle by the flamboyant mastermind in a blow-by-blow account of its execution, investigation, charge sheets, legal developments, Telgi’s incarceration, trial, death – and finally exoneration. An unputdownable true-crime dossier!
Becker The Counterfeiter
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Author : Sir George Francis Hill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Becker The Counterfeiter written by Sir George Francis Hill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Counterfeiters categories.
Three Years With Counterfeiters Smug G Lers And Boodle Carriers
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Author : George Pickering Burnham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
Three Years With Counterfeiters Smug G Lers And Boodle Carriers written by George Pickering Burnham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with Counterfeits and counterfeiting categories.
Life Of A Counterfeiter
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Author : Inoue Yasushi
language : en
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Release Date : 2014-08-14
Life Of A Counterfeiter written by Inoue Yasushi and has been published by Pushkin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-14 with Fiction categories.
Three perfectly balanced stories from one of Japan's greatest authors A master forger lives in obscurity and disappointment, oppressed by the shadow of the artist whose work he copies. Unglamorous, unadorned lives such as this form the focus of Yasushi Inoue's tenderly observed, elegantly distilled short stories - two of which are appearing in English for the first time. With a haunting emotional intensity, they offer glimpses of love lost and lives wasted. These three luminous, compassionate tales showcase the mastery and exquisite talent of one of Japan's most beloved writers. Yasushi Inoue (1907-91) worked as a journalist and literary editor for many years, only beginning his prolific career as an author in 1949 with Bullfight. He went on to publish 50 novels and 150 short stories, both historical and contemporary, his work making him one of Japan's major literary figures. In 1976 Inoue was presented with the Order of Culture, the highest honour granted for artistic merit in Japan.