Empire of deception, the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation, Dean Jobb
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Empire of deception, the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation, Dean Jobb
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Empire of deception
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
886493237
Responsibility statement
Dean Jobb
Sub title
the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation
Summary
"It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties ... Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people ... to invest as much as $30 million--upwards of $400 million today--in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama ... 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"--Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Our Ponzi -- Ambitions -- The law -- The gamble -- The dupe -- The big idea -- The syndicate -- The hanging judge -- The sting -- The confidence man -- The crime fighter -- The bubble -- The flight -- The smash -- The sensation -- The double life -- The victims -- The manhunt -- The alias -- The guide -- The hideaway -- The prince of entertainers -- The crime of the century -- The pariah -- The womanizer -- The trap -- The gang war -- The prisoner -- The return -- The confession -- The reckoning -- The final swindle
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- Biographies
- Koretz, Leo, 1879-1925
- Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
- Fugitives from justice -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography
- Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
- Commercial crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Ponzi schemes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography
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- Biographies
- Koretz, Leo, 1879-1925
- Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
- Fugitives from justice -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography
- Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
- Commercial crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Ponzi schemes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography
- Content1
- Author1
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