Empire of deception: the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated a nation
Biographies, Crime véritable , Affaires et économie, Loi et crime, Loi et justice , Affaires (biographies), Essais et documents généraux, Etats-Unis (histoire)
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Résumé
Journalist recounts how, in 1920s Chicago, lawyer Leo Koretz enticed hundreds of people to invest $30 million (the equivalent of $400 million in the 2010s) in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells. Koretz vanished in 1923 when his scheme finally… collapsed, but he was later found and sent to prison. 2015