Empire of deception
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Empire of deception
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The work Empire of deception represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Cedar Rapids Public Library-Metro Library Network. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
- Label
- Empire of deception
- Statement of responsibility
- by Dean Jobb
- Subject
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- Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Commercial crimes -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Biography
- Koretz, Leo, 1879-1925
- Lawyers -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- Ponzi schemes -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois | Chicago -- Biography
- Fugitives from justice -- Nova Scotia | Halifax -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. Speakeasies thrived, gang war shootings announced Al Capone's rise to underworld domination, Chicago's corrupt political leaders fraternized with gangsters, and yellow journalism only contributed to the excesses. The frenzy of stock market gambling was rampant. 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, close to the new Canal Zone. When Leo's scheme finally collapsed in 1923, he vanished, and the Chicago state's attorney, a man whose lust for power equaled Leo's own lust for money, began an international manhunt that lasted almost a year. When finally apprehended, Leo was living a life of luxury in Nova Scotia under the assumed identity of a book dealer and literary critic. His mysterious death in a Chicago prison topped anything in his almost-too-bizarre-to-believe life. Empire of Deception is not only an incredibly rich and detailed account of a man and an era; it's a fascinating look at the methods of swindlers throughout history. Leo Koretz was the Bernie Madoff of his day, and Dean Jobb shows us that the dream of easy wealth is a timeless commodity"--Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
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- 364.16/3092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6692.K67
- LC item number
- J63 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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