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02260aim a2200457Ia 4500 001 F5A3FE6025FF11E5A8ED48CEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150709010042 008 150326s2015 xxunnnn b n eng d 020 $a 1622315766 020 $a 9781622315765 040 $a TOH $b eng $c TOH $d TEF $d BTCTA $d BDX $d SILO 043 $a n-cn-ns $a n-cn-ns 050 4 $a HV6692.K67 $b J63 2015ab 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Jobb, Dean, $d 1958- 245 10 $a Empire of deception $h [sound recording] : $b the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation / $c Dean Jobb. 250 $a Unabridged. 260 $a [United States] : $b Highbridge Company, $c p2015. 300 $a 8 sound discs (9 1/2 hr.) : $b digital ; $c 4 3/4 in. 500 $a Title from container. 500 $a Compact discs. 500 $a Duration: 9:30:00. 511 0 $a Read by Peter Berkrot. 520 $a 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. 600 10 $a Koretz, Leo, $d 1879-1925. 650 0 $a Swindlers and swindling $z Chicago $z Chicago $v Biography. 650 0 $a Lawyers $z Chicago $z Chicago $v Biography. 650 0 $a Capitalists and financiers $z Chicago $z Chicago $v Biography. 650 0 $a Fugitives from justice $z Halifax $z Halifax $v Biography. 650 0 $a Ponzi schemes $z Chicago $z Chicago $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Commercial crimes $z Chicago $z Chicago $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Chicago (Ill.) $v Biography. 651 0 $a Chicago (Ill.) $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Chicago (Ill.) $x Economic conditions $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Audiobooks. 700 1 $a Berkrot, Peter. 941 $a 1 945 $a cda 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20190814042523.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F5A3FE6025FF11E5A8ED48CEDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search