The sting man
Subtitle: inside Abscam
By: Robert W. Greene
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780143125273; 9780241970478
Subjects: Political Freedom & Security; Political corruption; 20th Century; Law Enforcement; Abscam Bribery Scandal, 1980; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Swindlers and swindling; Biography; HISTORY
Description: Profiles the Abscam sting man, Mel Weinberg, who sold the FBI on the idea of setting himself up as a business representative of a wealthy Arab sheik and who personally handled almost every contact and payoff.
Notes: Revised edition of: Stingman : New York : Dutton,1991.
Table of contents: title: The man and the scam; title: Headstart; title: Name of the game; title: A class touch; title: An artful deal; title: The honey pot; title: Buzzing flies; title: The big boatride; title: Hooking the big fish; title: Congress for sale; title: Messing with the mob; title: Take outs and take downs; title: Gottcha!; title: Later.