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"In People vs. Donald Trump, Pomerantz tells the story of his unprecedented investigation, why he believes Donald Trump should be prosecuted, and what we can learn about the nature of justice in America from this extraordinary case. The investigation led him to believe that the former president's approach to business had much in common with the business practices of another well-known public figure--former mob boss John J. Gotti. Pomerantz has written...
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"Jeffrey Epstein rose from humble origins to the rarefied heights of New York City's financial elite. A college dropout with an instinct for numbers--and for people--Epstein amassed his wealth through a combination of access and skill. But even after he had it all, Epstein wanted more. And that unceasing desire--especially a taste for young girls--resulted in his stunning fall from grace. From Epstein himself, to the girls he employed as masseuses...
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In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Catherine Crier, a former judge and one of television's most popular legal analysts, offers a riveting and authoritative account of one of the most memorable crime dramas of our time: the murder of Laci Peterson at the hands of her husband, Scott, on Christmas Eve 2002. Drawing on extensive interviews with key witnesses and lead investigators, as well as secret evidence files that never made it to trial, Crier...
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"In Tangled Vines, bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigious Murdaugh family and the shocking double murder that led to the downfall of its patriarch, Alex Murdaugh. Among the lush, tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power. A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity-but it was an unimaginable tragedy...
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Reveals the inner workings of the banking industry as well as the power struggles at the executive level. The plot revolves around the First Mercantile Bank's two executive vice-presidents both vying for the bank's presidency. The situation is resolved, but not until a counterfeit ring has been broken, a financial empire collapses, and the bank nearly fails.
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Dare to learn the truth about a core group of corrupt prosecutors who rose to powerful positions, including now on Robert Mueller's hit squad investigating President Trump. A tragic suicide, a likely murder, wrongful imprisonment, and gripping courtroom scenes draw readers into this compelling story giving them a frightening perspective on justice corrupted and who should be accountable when evidence is withheld. Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption
...7) The hunted
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Kidnapped, beaten, and forced to relinquish his business and his fortune, Alex Konevitch and his wife escape Russia to the United States, only to be accused by his own government of stealing millions from his business. With a mob contract out on his life and the FBI hot on his trail, Alex is a desperate man without a country-facing the ultimate sacrifice for the chance to build a new life for himself and his family.
8) American pain: how a young felon and his ring of doctors unleashed America's deadliest drug epidemic
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The king of the Florida pill mills was American Pain, a mega-clinic expressly created to serve addicts posing as patients. From a fortress-like former bank building, American Pain's doctors distributed massive quantities of oxycodone to hundreds of customers a day, mostly traffickers and addicts who came by the vanload. Inked muscle-heads ran the clinic's security. Former strippers operated the pharmacy, counting out pills and stashing cash in garbage...
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White-collar crime is financial crime committed by the elite in society. Offenders abuse their positions for financial gain. While being like any other investigation concerned with the past, investigating white-collar crime has its specific aspects and challenges. For example, while street criminals typically hide themselves, white-collar criminals hide their crime. Burglars leave traces of the crime and disappear from the scene. White-collar criminals...
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President Obama's 'COVERT-LAWLESSNESS': Today, it is important for the Public to be aware of how dangerous and 'UNCONSTITUTIONAL' it is for the US Federal Government to have the "ABSOLUTE POWER" to secretly disobey and to not enforce the 14th Amendment (to provide all its citizens "equal protection of the laws" against Crime and Racism) as President Obama continues to secretly maintain and enjoy His UNCIVILIZED 'RACIST GRIP OF CRIME AND TERROR AGAINST...
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Everyone wants a best friend. Someone to be there in good times and bad, with whom you'll share secrets, wishes and dreams. No one ever expects that best friend to be a world class con artist who preys on your deepest desires to further her own dark agenda. In "My Best Friend is a Liar," we meet sociopath Sharon Johnson. Scams and swindles are her daily games and she's excellent at winning. With decades of destruction and victims from all walks of...
13) La Costa Nostra
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«La Costa Nostra» es una victoria ciudadana. El periodismo y la edición independiente se unen para contar la historia del clan empresarial y político más poderoso de Colombia.
Este libro es el resultado de la obsesión periodística de Laura Ardila, de su deseo de escudriñar un poder con alcances inimaginables y de su propósito por comprender el éxito y la habilidad en los negocios, las prácticas clientelistas y los vínculos afectivos del...
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This is a ghost story, with a serious moral lesson, about an actual event and place. A Civil War veteran, Admiral Casper, becomes a federal whistle blower. He is upset about being forgotten, in an unmarked grave, in a desecrated cemetery, that is now a city dog park.
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This is the true story of crime and "road rage" in the executive suite of one of America's leading trucking companies. The story begins when the highly regarded founder and owner of the Arrow Trucking Company is killed in a hunting accident. His widow then appoints their only son, Douglas, to be the new CEO. His only qualification is that he is known to be "the apple of his mother's eye." He had no experience in anything. He had only a high school...
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Now as Matt, Connie and Hahn get closer to solving the murders, Matt finds himself in the middle of a prostitution ring, drug distribution network and murder — all within one or more family members of the country club.
Can he help solve the crimes of greed and murder or get too close and find himself an unfortunate victim?
When a he finds himself at the crosshair of a.357 magnum pointed at him he wonders if this is it?
Country Club Greed is all...
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Get the Summary of Mandy Matney's Blood on Their Hands in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Mandy Matney's book "Blood on Their Hands" chronicles her investigative journalism career, focusing on her work at The Island Packet in South Carolina. Matney's approach to journalism avoids invasive tactics, preferring social media and text messages to gather information. She faced challenges in smaller newsrooms with scarce...
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Not many Americans go from working for Presidents to monitoring White Supremacists and violent, neo-Nazi skinheads, but that's what happened to author Todd Blodgett. After serving on Ronald Reagan's White House staff, and President George H.W. Bush's successful presidential campaign, Blodgett took a wrong turn and found himself ensconced in the milieu of organized White Supremacy. Eventually, he - along with America's two leading Nazis, William L....
20) Corruptacy
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A forensic accountant discovers during a bankruptcy fraud investigation, a plot by two high-ranking government officials with ties to a terrorist organization. Their ultimate goal is the destruction of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge and the assassination of the Vice President of the United States.
More than a mystery, this is a lesson in how bankruptcy does, and doesn't work in the United States. It addresses concerns like, What happens to...
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