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Conspiracy, Congress and Crime: The ABSCAM Story

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The Price of Bribing a Congressperson

Each congressperson who got uh approached was told the sheik's outfit would pay them large sums of money As a consulting fee for what they called private immigration bills to let not just the chic but associates foreign based associates of abdull enterprises into the united states. They would also pay to get building permits and licenses of various sorts for operations in Atlantic city. At least one of them was famously A place that was entirely made up the penthouse boardwalk hotel in casino.

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