Cover of the print book Empire of Deception, subtitled "The incredible story of a master swindler who seduced a city and captivated the nation" in art deco style. The top image is a picture of a fancy 20's era soiree, the bottom is the skyline of Chicago.

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   Jessamyn (jessamyn@glammr.us)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 07:49:19 JST Jessamyn

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   Book 11: Empire of Deception. We all know about Ponzi. Fewer know about Koretz, who maintained a decades-long Ponzi-like scheme from Chicago, selling shares in a non-existent real estate and oil venture supposedly in Panama. I enjoyed this book, the author clearly did a lot of research. It suffers a bit from extensive quoting so it feels like every third sentence is in the voice of a different newspaper and some of the details feel extraneous-but-true (i.e. what people ate at a certain dinner)