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American Scandal
The Unusual Scheme: Abscam
This chapter delves into the inception of Abscam, a political corruption investigation. It explores the recruitment of master con artist Mel Weinberg as an informant by the FBI and raises questions about the methods used and potential entrapment. The chapter ends with the proposal of using a front-end loan scheme involving Arab oil money to lure in white-collar criminals.
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