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"Three disillusioned and debt-ridden third-year law students attend a for-profit law school, perform menial tasks at sleazy law firms, and pull pints at the local pub. Admitting they've been duped and the school can't prepare them adequately to pass the bar, Mark, Todd, and Zola brazenly drop out, evade their debt, and change their names. Functioning as licensed lawyers, they open an office, learn the lingo and modus operandi for hustling dried-out...
4) The dilemma
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Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2007, c1996
Language
English
Description
The third wife of a charismatic businessman tells a complicated lie in order to safeguard her marriage and children, a decision she subsequently evaluates at the height of an emotional crisis.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"It's been a minute-or five years-since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their graduation when their adult lives officially began. Now Jordan, Jordy, Naomi, Craig, and Marielle find themselves at the brink of a new decade, with all the responsibilities of adulthood, yet no closer to having their lives figured out. Though not for a lack of trying. Over the years they've reunited in Big Sur to honor a decades-old...
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Series
Adam Canfield volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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While serving as co-editors of their school newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam and Jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in their school and in the city's government.
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Publisher
Facts On File
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the field of forensic science, looking at cases and investigative methods related to fakes and forgeries, with a look at the origins and history of forensic document examination, and discussion of the scientific approach, dyes and pigments, inks and paints, document forgery, counterfeit currency, and art, history, and science forgeries.
11) Annual report
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Publisher
Colorado [Financial] Fraud Unit
Pub. Date
2006-2016.
Language
English
12) Under suspicion
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Tony, an ex-cop-turned-private detective, uses his wife to help falsify information for adulterous divorce cases. When a job goes wrong, Tony's old partner is in charge of the case---and Tony becomes one of the suspects.
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An entertaining, deeply informative explanation of how high-level financial crimes work, written with verve and wit by an industry insider and expert in the field Lying, fraud, and fiscal deception are a daily news item, and the list of well-known banks, companies, and multinational financial institutions prosecuted for such crimes seems never ending. Since money was created, people have tried to sell things that don't exist and buy things without...
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
What happens when a woman who has everything loses everything?And when a woman who has nothing realizes she has nothing to lose?Blessed with the face of an angel and the guileless, trusting nature of a child, Grace Brookstein is the prized wife of the king of Wall Street, Lenny Brookstein. A billionaire many times over, with estates around the world, a fleet of yachts, and a life that is the stuff of fantasies, the revered financial wizard made his...
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Fact sheet. Consumer series. Family volume no. 10.254
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Colorado State University, Cooperative Extension
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A columnist for MSNBC's Red Tape Chronicles, Bob Sullivan exposes hundreds of scams perpetrated daily on the average American-often by seemingly reputable companies. In this eye-opening volume, Sullivan carefully documents and loudly decries hidden fees and penalties that cost people thousands of dollars a year. But he doesn't stop there. He also shows listeners how they can fight back!
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Series
Publisher
Random House Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"It's summer in the Dordogne. The heirs of a Périgordian sheep farmer learn that they have been disinherited, and their father's estate sold to an insurance company in return for a policy that will place him in a five-star retirement home for the rest of his life. But the farmer never gets his life of luxury--he dies before moving in. Was it a natural death? Was there foul play? Bruno begins the investigation that leads him to several shadowy insurance...
19) Risk
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English
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Roland Britten, an accountant by profession but an amateur jockey by preference, awakens one morning to discover that he cannot move, he cannot see, and the only sound he can hear is the noise of an engine close by. He finally deduces that he is lying in the dark, tied near a generator, But why? Where? And by Whom?
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Colorado Attorney General,[Consumer Protection Unit]
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Language
English
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This site provides useful information addressing some common consumer topics including elder fraud and numerous types of scams. It will be updated from time-to-time as new topics are identified or new information becomes available. Nothing in this site should be taken as legal advice.