Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Ted Sherman ,
Josh Margolin
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Imprint: St. Martins Press-3PL
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 21.30cm
Weight: 0.522kg
ISBN: 9781250001931
ISBN 10: 1250001935
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 10 April 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
(The) Jersey Sting tells a compelling story of greed, duplicity, betrayal, intrigue and genuine stupidity by public officials and religious leaders. Josh Margolin and Ted Sherman write in the style of a fact rich, page turning thriller. With abundant detail and colorful characters, this book is for anyone who loves politics, crime or New Jersey. --Chris Christie, Current Governor and U.S. Attorney for New Jersey from 2002-2008. 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 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
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
Author Information
TED SHERMAN and JOSH MARGOLIN are award-winning reporters for the Newark Star-Ledger, whose work on this case won highest honors from the American Society of Newspaper Editors and were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.
