| The Jersey Sting: Chris Christie and the Most Brazen Case of Jersey-Style Corruption---Ever Contributor(s): Sherman, Ted (Author), Margolin, Josh (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250001935 ISBN-13: 9781250001931 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | White Collar Crime - True Crime | Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions |
| Dewey: 364.109 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.15 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the summer of 2009 the blog Gawker stated Everybody in New Jersey Was Arrested Yesterday. Now for the first time, The Jersey Sting is the real story behind the biggest corruption bust in New Jersey's notoriously corrupt history. Among the forty-four people arrested in July 2009 were three mayors, five Orthodox rabbis, two state legislators, and the flamboyant deputy mayor of Jersey City, Leona Beldini, once a stripper using the stage name Hope Diamond. At the center of it all was a dubious character named Solomon Dwek, who perpetrated a $50 million Ponzi scheme before copping a plea and wearing a wire as a secret FBI undercover informant, setting up friends, partners, rabbis, and dozens of politicians. Mr. Dwek played his role like an extra in a mob movie. On surveillance tape, he repeatedly referred to his fraudulent schnookie deals, which is Yiddish for, well, schnook.Full of impossible-to-make-up detail and fresh revelations from the continuing trials and investigations, this book--the inside, untold account of a federal sting operation that moves from the streets of Brooklyn to the diners of Jersey City, and all the way to Israel--is a wonderful tour de force of investigative journalism by the reporting team that broke this amazing story. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sherman, Ted: - Ted Sherman is co-author with Josh Margolin of The Jersey Sting: Chris Christie and the Most Brazen Case of Jersey-Style Corruption---Ever. Sherman and Margolin are award-winning reporters for the Newark Star-Ledger, where they have won highest honors from the American Society of Newspaper Editors and were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.Margolin, Josh: - Josh Margolin is co-author with Ted Sherman of The Jersey Sting: Chris Christie and the Most Brazen Case of Jersey-Style Corruption---Ever. Sherman and Margolin are award-winning reporters for the Newark Star-Ledger, where they have won highest honors from the American Society of Newspaper Editors and were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. |