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Conspiracy, Congress and Crime: The ABSCAM Story

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Weinberg's Story of a White Collar Sting

The operation begins low priority kind of white collar sting They have a budget that's 32 thousand dollars The 70s and that's enough to prime the pump for a few months. If they catch some people it'll be considered a success Yeah, and remember at this point with that 32 thousand dollars. This is Strictly focused on stolen art Which even the fbi at that time knew was a great way to launder money so cutting past the uh racially charged aspects of ab scam which didn't age well.

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