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The missing cryptoqueen : the billion dollar cryptocurrency con and the woman who got away with it / by Bartlett, Jamie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In 2016, on stage at Wembley Arena in front of thousands of adoring fans, Dr. Ruja Ignatova promised her followers a financial revolution. The future, she said, belonged to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. And the Oxford-educated, self-styled cryptoqueen vowed that she had invented the Bitcoin Killer. OneCoin would not only earn its investors untold fortunes; it would change the world. By March 2017, more than $4 billion had been invested in OneCoin in countries all around the world. But by October 2017, Ruja Ignatova had disappeared, and it slowly became clear that her revolutionary cryptocurrency was not all it seemed. Fortune was left asking, "Is OneCoin the biggest financial fraud in history?" In The Missing Cryptoqueen, acclaimed tech journalist Jamie Bartlett tells the story he began in his smash hit BBC podcast, entering the murky worlds of little-regulated cryptocurrencies and multilevel marketing schemes. Through a globe-crossing investigation into the criminal underworlds, corrupt governments, and the super-rich, he reveals a very modern tale of intrigue, techno-hype and herd madness that allowed OneCoin to become a million-person pyramid scheme--where, at the top, investors were making millions and, at the bottom, people were putting their livelihoods at risk. It's the inside story of the smartest and biggest scam of the 21st Century--and the genius behind it, who is still on the run.
Subjects: Ignatova, Ruja.; Commercial crimes; Commercial crimes.; Cryptocurrencies.; Swindlers and swindling.;
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Buffaloed [videorecording] / by Courtney, Jai,actor.; Deutch, Zoey,1994-film producer,actor.; Greer, Judy,1975-actor.; Wexler, Tanya,film director.; Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Zoey Deutch, Jai Courtney, Judy Greer, Jermaine Fowler, Noah Reid.A teenage girl is obsessed with making enough cash to get out of Buffalo. When the acceptance letter to her dream school arrives, she must hustle to find a job that will pay for tuition. But after getting scammed by a debt collector she works for, Peg decides to cheat the system like it cheated her.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Crime films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Swindlers and swindling; Teenage girls; Universities and colleges;
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The fake : a novel / by Whittall, Zoe,author.;
"A dazzling stranger changes the lives of two very different people in this gripping novel from the acclaimed author of The Best Kind of People. Does it matter if she isn't who she says she is? Shelby has always been an anxious person, but after the sudden death of her wife she is barely able to leave her house, pushing away her friends and her family. At a grief support group, she meets alluring wild-child Cammie, who insinuates herself quickly into Shelby's life, and gives her permission to express her most hopeless, hideous feelings. Shelby begin to feel much better. Carter is almost forty, newly divorced, plagued by stress-induced migraines, and laying on the floor of his bachelor apartment refusing to unpack. Then, after he reluctantly drags himself out to a friend's birthday party, an attractive woman beats him at poker, takes him home, and gives him something to live for. Her name is Cammie. Their relationship quickly turns into the most passionate whirlwind affair he's ever experienced, and he's a new man. To them, Cammie is perfect. She's exactly what they need. But when Shelby and Carter meet, they realize that Cammie's stories don't always add up. In fact, they might be far from the truth. Do they know the real her? Is the progress they've both made all a lie? And does it really matter if the woman they've both come to love ... is a fake?"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Lesbians; Man-woman relationships; Swindlers and swindling; Truthfulness and falsehood;
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Devil's coin : my battle to take down the notorious OneCoin cryptoqueen / by McAdam, Jennifer,author.; Thompson, Douglas(Douglas Henry),author.;
"Devil's Coin is the astonishing true story of the Scottish coal miner's daughter who took on the mafia founders of the world's biggest financial fraud, and helped the FBI to convict them, soon to be a major motion picture"--
Subjects: Ignatova, Ruja, 1980-; Commercial crimes; Cryptocurrencies.; Fraud.; Swindlers and swindling.;
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The Moscow deception / by Robards, Karen,author.;
Clever, cunning and highly skilled--there's only one Bianca St. Ives and don't you dare forget it. Bianca St. Ives was recently put through the wringer, but she came out the same way she always does--the way her father trained her to--hungry for a fight. Still navigating the fallout from a shocking revelation that's left a network of assassins' crosshairs trained on her, Bianca's ready to take fate into her own hands. It's kill or be killed, and she's got her finger flush against the trigger. But as Bianca races to outmaneuver her tireless pursuers, her father loops her in on a job that might just do the trick: recover King Priam's Treasure, a collection of heavily guarded, priceless artifacts stolen by the Russians during World War II, and return it to Germany. Impossible? Maybe for some, but a high-risk heist is all in a day's work for Bianca St. Ives, especially when there's intel on the line--intel that could finally bring down the shadowy forces seeking to bury Bianca for good. Faced with threats that circle closer with every move she makes, she knows the stakes have never been higher, but when you're already living on borrowed time, you have to hustle if you want to live to see tomorrow.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Private security services; Assassins; Antiquities; Swindlers and swindling;
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The lies I tell : a novel / by Clark, Julie,1971-author.;
"Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. She's a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be. A college student. A life coach. A real estate agent. But nothing about her is real. She slides alongside you and tells you exactly what you want to hear, and by the time she's done, you've likely lost everything. Kat Roberts has been waiting ten years for the woman who upended her life to return. And now that she has, Kat is determined to be the one to expose her. But as the two women grow closer, Kat's long-held assumptions begin to crumble, leaving Kat to wonder who Meg's true target is. The Lies I Tell is a twisted domestic thriller that dives deep into the psyches and motivations of two women and their unwavering quest to seek justice for the past and rewrite the future"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Journalists; Revenge; Secrecy; Swindlers and swindling;
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Nightmare alley [videorecording] / by Blanchett, Cate,1969-actor.; Cooper, Bradley,actor.; Dafoe, Willem,actor.; Dale, J.,film producer.; Mara, Rooney,actor.; Morgan, Kim,screenwriter.; Toro, Guillermo del,1964-screenwriter,film producer,film director.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Gresham, William Lindsay,1909-1962.Nightmare alley.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Searchlight Pictures,production company.;
Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Rooney Mara, Paul Anderson, Toni Collette, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Blake Nelson, David Strathairn, Holt McCallany, Clifton Colins Jr, Jim Beaver, Richard Jenkins, David Hewlett, Dian Bachar, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Troy James.A corrupt con-man teams up with a female psychiatrist to trick people into giving them money.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for strong/bloody violence, some sexual content, nudity and language.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Carnivals; Man-woman relationships; Swindlers and swindling; Women psychiatrists;
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Rogues : true stories of grifters, killers, rebels, and crooks / by Keefe, Patrick Radden,1976-author.;
"Patrick Radden Keefe has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award to the Orwell Prize to the National Book Critics Circle Award forhis meticulously-reported, hypnotically-engaging work on the many ways people behave badly. ROGUES brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from The New Yorker. As Keefe says in his preface "They reflect on some of my abiding preoccupations: crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial." Keefe brilliantly explores the intricacies of forging $150,000 vintage wines, examines whether a whistleblower who dared to expose money laundering at a Swiss bank is a hero or a fabulist, spends time in Vietnam with Anthony Bourdain, chronicles the quest to bring down a cheerful international black market arms merchant, and profiles a passionate death penalty attorney who represents the "worst of the worst," among other bravura works of literary journalism. The appearance of his byline in The New Yorker is always an event, and collected here for the first time readers can see his work forms an always enthralling but deeply human portrait of criminals and rascals, as well as those who stand up against them"--
Subjects: Crime.; Investigative reporting; Reportage literature, American.; Swindlers and swindling.;
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Copshop [videorecording] / by Butler, Gerard,1969-actor.; Carnahan, Joe,film director.; Grillo, Frank,1963-actor.; Huss, Toby,1966-actor.; O'Nan, Ryan,actor.; G-BASE Entertainment,production company.; Open Road Films,presenter.; Sculptor Media (Firm),production company.; SDS Studio Distribution Services (Firm),publisher.; War Party (Firm),production company.; Zero Gravity Management,production company.;
Frank Grillo, Gerard Butler, Toby Huss, Ryan O'nan, Keith Jardine, Kaiwi Lyman, Robert Walker Branchaud, Marshall Cook, Christopher Michael Holley, Chris Kleckner, Alexis Louder.Screaming through the Nevada desert in a bullet-ridden car, wily con artist Teddy Murretto hatches a plan to hide out from lethal assassin Bob Viddick. He punches rookie officer Valerie Young to get himself arrested and locked up in a small-town police station. However, jail can't protect Murretto for long as Viddick schemes his own way into detention, biding his time in a nearby cell until he can complete his mission.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA Rating: R; for strong/bloody violence, and pervasive language.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Crime films.; Feature films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Assassins; Police stations; Prisons; Survival; Swindlers and swindling;
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Jack goes west / by Barnett, Mac.; Pizzoli, Greg.;
Ages 4-8.LSC
Subjects: Rabbits; Older women; Ranches; Swindlers and swindling;
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