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Title Empire of deception : the incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation / Dean Jobb.
Author Jobb, Dean, 1958-
Publication Info. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2015.
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Location Call No. Status
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  B KORETZ    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description x, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent.
unmediated n rdamedia.
volume nc rdacarrier.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-326) and index.
Summary Documents the multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme of charismatic lawyer Leo Koretz in Roaring Twenties Chicago, the subsequent international manhunt by an ambitious state attorney, and Leo's mysterious death in prison.
Subject Koretz, Leo, 1879-1925.
Swindlers and swindling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Capitalists and financiers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Fugitives from justice -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- Biography.
Ponzi schemes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Biography.
Commercial crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Biography.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Biography.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century -- Biography.
ISBN 1616201754 (hardcover) : $27.95
9781616201753 (hardcover)