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The Jersey Sting

Chris Christie and the Most Brazen Case of Jersey-Style Corruption---Ever

Author: Ted Sherman and Josh Margolin

The Jersey Sting

The Jersey Sting

$22.99

About This Book

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...

Page Count
416
Genre
On Sale
04/10/2012

Book Details

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.

Imprint Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

ISBN

9781250001931

In The News

“Two very good reporters at The Star-Ledger have done this state -- and the whole country, for that matter -- a great service...Juicy... a masterful job.” —The Newark Star-Ledger

About the Creators

The Jersey Sting

The Jersey Sting

$22.99