{"product_id":"jersey-sting-chris-christie-and-the-most-brazen-case-of-jersey-style-corruption-ever-9781250001931","title":"Jersey Sting: Chris Christie and the Most Brazen Case of Jersey-Style Corruption-Ever","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the summer of 2009 the blog Gawker stated Everybody in New Jersey Was Arrested Yesterday. Now for the first time, \u003c\/i\u003eThe Jersey Sting \u003ci\u003eis the real story behind the biggest corruption bust in New Jersey's notoriously corrupt history.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong 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. \u003cbr\u003eFull 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250001931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Ted Sherman, Josh Margolin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38470309052597,"sku":"9781250001931","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_21582f36-a95d-42a7-9795-d5e99c21c997.jpg?v=1612924638","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/jersey-sting-chris-christie-and-the-most-brazen-case-of-jersey-style-corruption-ever-9781250001931","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}