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Strike me down : a novel / by Mejia, Mindy,author.;
"Nora Trier catches thieves. As a forensic accountant and partner in her downtown Minneapolis firm, she's unearthed millions in every corner of the world. She prides herself on her independence, the most essential currency of accounting, until her firm is hired by Strike. An anti-corporate, feminist athletic empire, Strike is owned by Logan Russo, a brash and legendary kickboxer, and her marketing genius husband, Gregg Abbott. They're about to host a major kickboxing tournament with twenty million dollars in prize money, and the chance for the champion to become the new face of the company. Gregg suspects his wife already has a new face in mind--a young trainer named Aaden, for whom Logan feels an unexpected connection. Days before the tournament begins, it's discovered that the prize money is missing. Gregg hires Nora's firm to find both the thief and the money but Nora has a secret connection to Strike that threatens her independence. Her partner pressures her into taking the case anyway, hinting he has information about Strike that could change the course of the investigation in a shocking and deadly way"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Forensic accounting; Women accountants; Fraud investigation; Kickboxing;
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McMillion$ : the absolutely true story of how an unlikely pair of FBI agents brought down the most supersized fraud in fast food history / by Hernandez, James Lee,author.; Lazarte, Brian.;
"In March of 2001, Federal prosecutor Mark Devereaux cold-called Rob Holm, the head of security for McDonald's Corporation. Without explanation, Devereaux asked that Holm and several other McDonald's senior executives plan a visit to the Jacksonville, Florida, FBI, and tell no one about their intended destination. It wasn't up for discussion. Upon their arrival, Devereaux watched them closely, looking at body language, checking for tells. To him, they were all potential suspects. Once they were seated in an unremarkable conference room, sealed away in the hyper-secure FBI building, Devereaux began to lay out a shocking conspiracy, one that ran deep into McDonald's most beloved promotions: the Monopoly game. This is where they began to discover from 1989 to 2001, almost every high-value prize winner was actually illegitimate. But how could this happen and who all was behind it? A rookie FBI agent and a brilliant undercover operation led them to one man who brilliantly crafted a near-infallible nationwide conspiracy for fraud. Expanded from the wildly popular HBO docuseries with major new interviews, McMILLION$ traces this massive crime, the intricate web of lies that bolstered it, and the tireless work of the FBI agents that unraveled it all. It is a story littered with tragedy: families torn apart, betrayals, financial ruin, and one suspicious car crash. Yet, there are bright spots in the hijinks of the FBI agents and their co-conspirators. Ultimately, it is a story of what happens when the American dream goes very wrong"--
Subjects: True crime stories.; McDonald's Corporation.; Fraud investigation; Fraud;
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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 Con Queen of Hollywood : the hunt for an evil genius / by Johnson, Scott C.,author.;
"Blending years of deep reporting with distinctive, powerful prose, Scott C. Johnson's unique true crime narrative recounts the tale of the brilliantly cunning imposter who carved a path of financial and emotional destruction across the world. Gifted with a diabolical flair for impersonation, manipulation, and deception, the Con Queen used their skill with accents and deft psychological insight to sweep through the entertainment industry. Johnson traces the origins of this mastermind and follows the years-long investigation of a singularly determined private detective who helped deliver them to the FBI"--
Subjects: Biographies.; True crime stories.; Personal narratives.; Johnson, Scott C.; Johnson, Scott C.; Tahilramani, Hargobind.; Fraud investigation.; Identity theft.; Impostors and imposture; Swindlers and swindling;
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Clean hands : a novel / by Hoffman, Patrick,author.;
"Corporate lawyer Elizabeth Carlyle is under pressure. Her prestigious New York law firm is working on a high-stakes case, defending a prominent bank that's been accused of fraud. When Elizabeth gets the news that one of her junior associates has lost his phone--and the secret documents that were on it--she needs help. Badly. Enter ex-CIA officer Valencia Walker, a high-priced fixer who gets called in when wealthy corporations, people and governments need their problems solved discreetly. But things get complicated when the missing phone is retrieved: somebody has already copied the documents, and now they're blackmailing the firm. The situation gets murkier still when stories about the documents start appearing in the press and a tragic suicide appears staged, hinting that darker forces may be churning below the surface. With billions of dollars on the line, Elizabeth and Valencia must outmanoeuvre their tormentors, all the while keeping their hands clean."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Legal fiction (Literature); Corporate lawyers; Women lawyers; Private investigators; Women private investigators; Bank fraud; Extortion;
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The breach : the untold story of the investigation into January 6th / by Riggleman, Denver,author.; Walker, Hunter,author.;
"As the US capital was attacked on January 6, 2021, the White House went dark for seven hours and thirty-seven minutes. It was my job to turn the lights on. The void happened to overlap with the hours when supporters of former President Trump brawled with police, smashed windows, and rampaged through the halls of Congress as his loss to Joe Biden was being certified. Why the White House went dark, I didn't know, and, in fact, I didn't really care. In my time as an Air Force intelligence officer embedded with the National Security Agency, I learned not to make assumptions. It might have been an innocent mistake; it could have been a cover-up. What mattered to me -as the senior technical advisor to the House select committee tasked with investigating the attack, as a former Republican congressman who'd become deeply disturbed by my own party, and as an American -was why they stopped tracking the calls, what happened next, and who was in charge. The answers I found shocked me to my core."-
Subjects: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.; United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.); Capitol Riot, Washington, D.C., 2021.; Elections; Extremists; Fraud; Governmental investigations.; Information warfare; Political parties;
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Madoff : the final word / by Behar, Richard,author.;
"Fifteen years after Bernie Madoff's arrest, renowned investigative journalist Richard Behar delivers the definitive account of history's largest -- and longest-running -- financial fraud"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Madoff, Bernard L.; Commercial crimes; Investment advisors; Ponzi schemes; Securities fraud; Swindlers and swindling;
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The chocolate falcon fraud / by Carl, JoAnna.;
"The Warner Pier tourism board is kicking off its Tough Guys and Private Eyes film festival with The Maltese Falcon, and Lee Woodyard and her Aunt Nettie are preparing a delicious chocolate noir tie-in at TenHuis Chocolade. What Lee isn't prepared for is a face from the past: Jeff Godfrey, her former stepson. The last time Jeff showed up in town, he wound up being accused of murder. Now he says he's only in Warner Pier to see Bogart on the big screen. Honest. Jeff may now be a college grad, but that doesn't mean he's any less naive than the kid Lee had to bail out of trouble earlier. There are all those strange phone calls, a girlfriend who's secretly on Jeff's tail, and a pack of suspicious-sounding acquaintances right out of Dashiell Hammett. Then Jeff goes missing, the Falcon theme is haunting everyone, and a body falls at Lee's feet when she opens the front door just like in the movie. Now Lee is under deadline to rewrite the ending of a cunning killer's increasingly convincing murder plot"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Woodyard, Lee McKinney (Fictitious character); Women detectives; Murder; Stepchildren; Chocolate industry;
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Pro Bono. by Perry, Thomas.;
Helping a widow find the money missing from her late husbands investment accounts, attorney Charlie Warren recognizes a familiar scheme - one that echoes the con job that targeted his own widowed mother many years before. As Charlie investigates, he quickly becomes too entangled in the web of fraud, betrayal, and career criminals surrounding the theft to escape its deadly snare.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators; FICTION / Thrillers / Crime; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense;
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The great Canadian art fraud case : the Group of Seven & Tom Thomson forgeries / by Dellandrea, Jon S.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In May 2016, Jon S. Dellandrea came into possession of a box of the last effects of an obscure artist, William Firth MacGregor. The contents of the box chronicled a major, and long forgotten, trial involving forgeries of the art of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case takes readers back to 1962, a time when forgeries were turning up on gallery walls, in auction houses, and (unwittingly) being hung in the homes of luminaries across Canada. Inspector James Erskine, enlisting the help of A.J. Casson, the youngest living member of the Group of Seven, set out to discover where the forgeries were coming from. Dellandrea follows Erskine's investigations and the subsequent court case, investigating how unknown and down-on-their-luck artists like MacGregor were implicated and profiling the major characters involved in the case. Lavishly illustrated with more than 100 reproductions and archival images, The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case unravels the mystery of the greatest art fraud trial in Canadian history. Along the way, it also tells the story of a talented artist whose career might have been so very different."--
Subjects: True crime stories.; MacGregor, William Firth; Thomson, Tom, 1877-1917; Group of Seven (Group of artists); Art forgers; Art; Artists; Trials (Forgery);
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