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The Last Counterfeiter

Author : Jason Kersten
Publisher : Diversion Books
ISBN 13 : 1635768497
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book The Last Counterfeiter written by Jason Kersten and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the mastermind counterfeiter who forged millions, replicated the impossible 1996 note, dodged the Secret Service, but couldn't escape the pain of his broken family. When Art Williams Jr.’s father abandoned the family and his bipolar mother lost her mind, a life of crime in Chicago quickly claimed him. Parking meter theft led to robbing drug dealers before Art fatefully met a man nicknamed DaVinci who taught him the skill of counterfeiting money. After just a few years, Art would print millions of counterfeit bills, selling them to criminal organizations, all while trying to raise a family on the side. Art’s greatest challenge arose when the Treasury Department released the 1996 note, the most intricate and secure bill ever created. Between painstakingly perfecting a new hundred-dollar bill to bypass the naked eye and security measures alike, Art was slipping by the Secret Service hunting him, and searching for his long-lost father, a path that ultimately led to his undoing. Prison may have been the end, especially as Art Jr. found himself behind bars sharing a cell with his own son, but with the same creativity and ambition that locked him up, Art reinvented himself as a professional artist. Art’s unbelievable journey extends beyond a life of crime to one of second chances, healing family wounds, and ultimately, triumph. Fans of Catch Me If You Can and The Art Thief won't want to miss this unforgettable caper story.

The Art of Making Money

Author : Jason Kersten
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101060166
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Making Money written by Jason Kersten and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-06-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Jason Kersten's posts on the Penguin Blog. The true story of a brilliant counterfeiter who "made" millions, outwitted the Secret Service, and was finally undone when he went in search of the one thing his forged money couldn't buy him: family. Art Williams spent his boyhood in a comfortable middle-class existence in 1970s Chicago, but his idyll was shattered when, in short order, his father abandoned the family, his bipolar mother lost her wits, and Williams found himself living in one of Chicago's worst housing projects. He took to crime almost immediately, starting with petty theft before graduating to robbing drug dealers. Eventually a man nicknamed "DaVinci" taught him the centuries-old art of counterfeiting. After a stint in jail, Williams emerged to discover that the Treasury Department had issued the most secure hundred-dollar bill ever created: the 1996 New Note. Williams spent months trying to defeat various security features before arriving at a bill so perfect that even law enforcement had difficulty distinguishing it from the real thing. Williams went on to print millions in counterfeit bills, selling them to criminal organizations and using them to fund cross-country spending sprees. Still unsatisfied, he went off in search of his long-lost father, setting in motion a chain of betrayals that would be his undoing. In The Art of Making Money, journalist Jason Kersten details how Williams painstakingly defeated the anti-forging features of the New Note, how Williams and his partner-in-crime wife converted fake bills into legitimate tender at shopping malls all over America, and how they stayed one step ahead of the Secret Service until trusting the wrong person brought them all down. A compulsively readable story of how having it all is never enough, The Art of Making Money is a stirring portrait of the rise and inevitable fall of a modern-day criminal mastermind. Watch a Video

Counterfeit

Author : Scott L. Miller
Publisher : Layla Dog Press
ISBN 13 : 9780989867122
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Counterfeit written by Scott L. Miller and published by Layla Dog Press. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last person social worker Mitch Adams wants to hear from is St. Louis Homicide Detective JoJo Baker, a man with whom Mitch shares a tangled past. Baker wants Mitch to counsel Lonnie Washington, a disabled African-American arrested for counterfeiting and armed robbery. The evidence points to an open and shut case, but Baker insists it's not so black and white. Reluctantly, Mitch agrees and discovers there is more to the story-more than enough to get them both killed. At first Lonnie won't cooperate, but as he begins to open up, Mitch is convinced that the true criminal is not the man behind bars, but the prosecutor who put him there-a man with far-reaching political ambitions, the approval of the public, and his very own Secret Service detail. With millions in near-perfect fake $100 bills up for grabs, Mitch's life hinges on the word of a counterfeiter, the greed of a prosecutor, and his refusal to go down without a fight.

You Thought It Was More

Author : Andy Thibault
Publisher : Histria Books
ISBN 13 : 1592114423
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book You Thought It Was More written by Andy Thibault and published by Histria Books. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unravel the thrilling saga of an extraordinary counterfeiter in this raucously entertaining memoir!"You Thought It Was More" is the gripping memoir of Louis 'The Coin' Colavecchio, recognized as the world's best counterfeiter. Colavecchio takes readers on an amazing journey through his wild adventures around the United States and Europe through a fascinating and funny tale. He gives compelling details of his exploits as he made a great deal of undetectable slot machine tokens, exposing the hidden world of counterfeiting.Colavecchio's prowess as a jeweler, manufacturer, and charmer has earned him a place in history, having been featured on prestigious platforms such as The History Channel and The BBC. His profound impact on the casino gaming industry has left a lasting legacy, forever changing it.

The Counterfeiters

Author : André Gide
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Counterfeiters written by André Gide and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young artist pursues a search for knowledge through the treatment of homosexuality and the collapse of morality in middle class France.

Moneymakers

Author : Ben Tarnoff
Publisher : Penguin Press HC
ISBN 13 : 9781594202872
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Moneymakers written by Ben Tarnoff and published by Penguin Press HC. This book was released on 2011 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the lives of three colorful counterfeiters whose schemes reflected the culture of early America, describing their backgrounds and how they exploited period politics, economics and law enforcement to promote their operations.

Newton and the Counterfeiter

Author : Thomas Levenson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571265758
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Newton and the Counterfeiter written by Thomas Levenson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And there, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters, a man who not only got away with faking His Majesty's coins (a crime that the law equated with treason), but was trying to take over the Mint itself. But Chaloner had no idea who he was taking on. Newton pursued his enemy with the cold, implacable logic that he brought to his scientific research. Set against the backdrop of early eighteenth-century London with its sewers running down the middle of the streets, its fetid rivers, its packed houses, smoke and fog, its industries and its great port, this dark tale of obsession and revenge transforms our image of Britain's greatest scientist.

Counterfeit

Author : Kirstin Chen
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063119579
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book Counterfeit written by Kirstin Chen and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “A con artist story, a pop-feminist caper, a fashionable romp . . . Counterfeit is an entertaining, luxurious read—but beneath its glitz and flash, it is also a shrewd deconstruction of the American dream and the myth of the model minority. . . . Chen is up to something innovative and subversive here." — Camille Perri, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Recommended by New York Times Book Review • Washington Post • People • Entertainment Weekly • USA Today • Time • Cosmopolitan • Today show • Harper’s Bazaar • Vogue • Good Housekeeping • Parade • New York Post • Town & Country • GMA.com • Buzzfeed • Goodreads • Oprah Daily • Popsugar • Bustle • theSkimm • The Millions • and more! For fans of Hustlers and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, the story of two Asian American women who band together to grow a counterfeit handbag scheme into a global enterprise—an incisive and glittering blend of fashion, crime, and friendship from the author of Bury What We Cannot Take and Soy Sauce for Beginners. Money can’t buy happiness… but it can buy a decent fake. Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home—she’s built the perfect life. But beneath this façade, Ava’s world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn’t been used in years, and her toddler’s tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point. Enter Winnie Fang, Ava’s enigmatic college roommate from Mainland China, who abruptly dropped out under mysterious circumstances. Now, twenty years later, Winnie is looking to reconnect with her old friend. But the shy, awkward girl Ava once knew has been replaced with a confident woman of the world, dripping in luxury goods, including a coveted Birkin in classic orange. The secret to her success? Winnie has developed an ingenious counterfeit scheme that involves importing near-exact replicas of luxury handbags and now she needs someone with a U.S. passport to help manage her business—someone who’d never be suspected of wrongdoing, someone like Ava. But when their spectacular success is threatened and Winnie vanishes once again, Ava is left to face the consequences. Swift, surprising, and sharply comic, Counterfeit is a stylish and feminist caper with a strong point of view and an axe to grind. Peering behind the curtain of the upscale designer storefronts and the Chinese factories where luxury goods are produced, Kirstin Chen interrogates the myth of the model minority through two unforgettable women determined to demand more from life. "If you appreciate a good caper, you’ll want to pick up Kirstin Chen’s novel . . . Fast-paced and fun, with smart commentary on the cultural differences between Asia and America." — TIME “Propulsive and captivating . . . A provocative story of fashion, friendship, and fakes (in more ways than one).” — VOGUE

The End of Money

Author : David Wolman
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306822695
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The End of Money written by David Wolman and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For ages, money has meant little metal disks and rectangular slips of paper. Yet the usefulness of physical money -- to say nothing of its value -- is coming under fire as never before. Intrigued by the distinct possibility that cash will soon disappear, author and Wired contributing editor David Wolman sets out to investigate the future of money...and how it will affect your wallet. Wolman begins his journey by deciding to shun cash for an entire year -- a surprisingly successful experiment (with a couple of notable exceptions). He then ventures forth to find people and technologies that illuminate the road ahead. In Honolulu, he drinks Mai Tais with Bernard von NotHaus, a convicted counterfeiter and alternative-currency evangelist whom government prosecutors have labeled a domestic terrorist. In Tokyo, he sneaks a peek at the latest anti-counterfeiting wizardry, while puzzling over the fact that banknote forgers depend on society's addiction to cash. In a downtrodden Oregon town, he mingles with obsessive coin collectors -- the people who are supposed to love cash the most, yet don't. And in rural Georgia, he examines why some people feel the end of cash is Armageddon's warm-up act. After stops at the Digital Money Forum in London and Iceland's central bank, Wolman flies to Delhi, where he sees first-hand how cash penalizes the poor more than anyone--and how mobile technologies promise to change that. Told with verve and wit, The End of Money explores an aspect of our daily lives so fundamental that we rarely stop to think about it. You'll never look at a dollar bill the same again.

A Counterfeiter's Paradise

Author : Ben Tarnoff
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143120778
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book A Counterfeiter's Paradise written by Ben Tarnoff and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This tale of counterfeiting is a treat for everyone...a delightful history lesson...Admirable and altogether charming." -The Washington Post As Ben Tarnoff reminds us in this entertaining narrative history, get-rich-quick schemes are as old as America itself. Indeed, the speculative ethos that pervades Wall Street today, Tarnoff suggests, has its origins in the counterfeiters who first took advantage of America's turbulent economy. In A Counterfeiter's Paradise, Tarnoff chronicles the lives of three colorful counterfeiters who flourished in early America, from the colonial period to the Civil War. Driven by desire for fortune and fame, each counterfeiter cunningly manipulated the political and economic realities of his day. Through the tales of these three memorable hustlers, Tarnoff tells the larger tale of America's financial coming-of-age, from a patchwork of colonies to a powerful nation with a single currency.

Money of Their Own

Author : Murray Teigh Bloom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Money of Their Own written by Murray Teigh Bloom and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Becker the Counterfeiter

Author : Sir George Francis Hill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Becker the Counterfeiter written by Sir George Francis Hill and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Counterfeiting in Colonial America

Author : Kenneth Scott
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812217315
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Counterfeiting in Colonial America written by Kenneth Scott and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1957 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Counterfeiting flourished in colonial America and Scott brings to life the many colorful figures who indulged in this nefarious practice.

You Thought It Was More

Author : Louis Colavecchico
Publisher : Icebox Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780990419877
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book You Thought It Was More written by Louis Colavecchico and published by Icebox Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You Thought It Was More" is a profane and raucously funny memoir from the world's greatest counterfeiter, Louis 'The Coin' Colavecchio. Colavecchio, who created mass quantities of undetectable slot machine tokens, writes with commanding vigor about his wild adventures throughout the US and Europe His talents as a jeweler, manufacturer and man of romance are part of the historical record - as seen on The History Channel and The BBC. It might be an understatement to say Colavecchio changed the face of casino gambling forever. Ride with Louis The Coin at 160 mph in his Lamborghini making score after score. From Providence to Atlantic City and Vegas to Rome, Milan, Florence and Geneva, he's the genuine article. As one of the cops who arrested Louis notes in the introduction, "He was very creative, an artist." Who knew metallurgy could be riveting? What? You thought it was more ...

The Southwest Counterfeiter

Author : Garbis Krajekian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781370068920
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book The Southwest Counterfeiter written by Garbis Krajekian and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garbis (Gary) Krajekian had a normal boyhood growing up in the predominantly Armenian-Christian, small town of Kessab, in northwest Syria. At nineteen, he came to the United States as a medical student to continue his education, but soon found himself dealing with besetting and seemingly insuperable adversity. For the next few years, he struggled to scrape a living, and eventually, addled and abject, he placated his scruple and succumbed to the absurd idea of literally making his own money. His escapade lasted more than a decade. An inventor by nature, Gary built his own papermaking and intaglio-printing machines, and used modern technology and centuries-old techniques to replicate the security features of three different series of genuine $100 notes. The Unites States government, in its indictment and sentencing memorandum, used terms such as "reverse-engineered" and "sophisticated counterfeit product" to describe his bills, and labeled him a "master counterfeiter." His bills defeated most counterfeit detection methods and devices, and even made it past the banks' counting machines and into the Federal Reserve System. They were of such high quality and became so prolific in the southwest region of the country that the Secret Service named them "Southwest Notes." In The Southwest Counterfeiter, Gary delves into the details of why he became a counterfeiter and how, alone, he made and passed more than 23,000 counterfeit $100 bills in malls and some banks, one at a time. He also recounts many of the eerie and sometimes wry anecdotes depicting his innumerable encounters with retailers, and the details of his few ominous brushes with the law over the years, none of which ended with his arrest. Finally, he reveals how, after a routine traffic stop, a bizarre twist of events led to his arrest more than a year later. By the government's own admission, it was a bit fortuitous he was ever caught. The Southwest Counterfeiter is a somewhat tragic, yet gripping human story that takes the reader on a one-of-a-kind, suspenseful adventure.

The Southwest Counterfeiter

Author : Garbis Krajekian
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781983965326
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book The Southwest Counterfeiter written by Garbis Krajekian and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garbis (Gary) Krajekian had a normal boyhood growing up in the predominantly Armenian-Christian, small town of Kessab, in northwest Syria. At nineteen, he came to the United States as a medical student to continue his education, but soon found himself dealing with besetting and seemingly insuperable adversity. For the next few years, he struggled to scrape a living, and eventually, addled and abject, he placated his scruple and succumbed to the absurd idea of literally making his own money. His escapade lasted more than a decade. An inventor by nature, Gary built his own papermaking and intaglio-printing machines, and used modern technology and centuries-old techniques to replicate the security features of three different series of genuine $100 notes. The Unites States government, in its indictment and sentencing memorandum, used terms such as "reverse-engineered" and "sophisticated counterfeit product" to describe his bills, and labeled him a "master counterfeiter." His bills defeated most counterfeit detection methods and devices, and even made it past the banks' counting machines and into the Federal Reserve System. They were of such high quality and became so prolific in the southwest region of the country that the Secret Service named them "Southwest Notes." In The Southwest Counterfeiter, Gary delves into the details of why he became a counterfeiter and how, alone, he made and passed more than 23,000 counterfeit $100 bills in malls and some banks, one at a time. He also recounts many of the eerie and sometimes wry anecdotes depicting his innumerable encounters with retailers, and the details of his few ominous brushes with the law over the years, none of which ended with his arrest. Finally, he reveals how, after a routine traffic stop, a bizarre twist of events led to his arrest more than a year later. By the government's own admission, it was a bit fortuitous he was ever caught. The Southwest Counterfeiter is a somewhat tragic, yet gripping human story that takes the reader on a one-of-a-kind, suspenseful adventure.

The Devil's Workshop

Author : Adolf Burger
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Devil's Workshop written by Adolf Burger and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully-documented history of the world's largest counterfeiting operation, told by one of the last surviving witnesses. This book served as the basis of the award-winning film The Counterfeiters.