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Author:

Jobb, Dean, 1958-

Title:

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

Format:

[sound recording] :

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publisher:

Highbridge Company,

Copyright Date:

p2015

Description:

8 sound discs (9 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Koretz, Leo,--1879-1925.
Swindlers and swindling--Chicago--Chicago--Biography.
Lawyers--Chicago--Chicago--Biography.
Capitalists and financiers--Chicago--Chicago--Biography.
Fugitives from justice--Halifax--Halifax--Biography.
Ponzi schemes--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
Commercial crimes--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Biography.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Economic conditions--20th century.
Audiobooks.

Other Authors:

Berkrot, Peter.

Notes:

Title from container. Compact discs. Duration: 9:30:00. Read by Peter Berkrot.

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.

ISBN:

1622315766
9781622315765

Locations:

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)