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Conspiracy, Congress and Crime: The ABSCAM Story

Apr 12, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Secret Society of Watchmen
01:41 • 2min
3
The Edgelordi of Watchmen
03:26 • 2min
4
The Facts About Abscam
05:14 • 2min
5
The Four Components of a Sting Operation
07:00 • 2min
6
The Role of Spies in Criminal Operations
08:42 • 2min
7
The Benefits of Sting Operations
10:14 • 2min
8
The Power of Social Engineering
12:09 • 1min
9
How to Hack Credit Cards
13:23 • 2min
10
The Fbi Manufacturing Terrorist
15:13 • 2min
11
The Ethics of Undercover Crime
16:57 • 2min
12
The Problem With Entrapment Laws
18:31 • 2min
13
The Rise and Fall of John Quincey Adams
20:18 • 5min
14
The History of the Abdull Scam
24:53 • 1min
15
The Story of Melvin Wienberg
26:10 • 2min
16
Weinberg's Story of a White Collar Sting
27:59 • 1min
17
How to Convince the Fbi to Give You More Money
29:26 • 2min
18
The Rise and Fall of the Criminal Network
30:58 • 2min
19
How Weinberg's Undercover Work With Fake Bonds and Stocks Leads to 600 Million Dollars Worth of Fraudulent Securities Being Captured
32:40 • 2min
20
The Importance of Foreign Investments in the Middle East
34:22 • 1min
21
The Oil Money Scam
35:52 • 2min
22
The FBI's Arab Scam Ab Scam
37:31 • 2min
23
The Abdul Scam and the FBI
39:04 • 5min
24
Willie Weinberg's Internet Scam
43:44 • 2min
25
The Stingman
45:25 • 2min
26
Erich Eddy: The Transformative Entry Point for Abscam
47:07 • 2min
27
The Politics of Abdual Enterprises
48:48 • 1min
28
The Price of Bribing a Congressperson
50:09 • 2min
29
The Strange Truth About Private Bill Exchanges
52:02 • 1min
30
The $100,000 to $50,000 Thing Looks Cartoonish
53:29 • 2min
31
The FBI's Videotaping of Government Officials Physically Taking Bribes
55:11 • 1min
32
The Double Think in Politics
56:33 • 2min
33
The List of the People Who Got Convictions
58:15 • 2min
34
The Green Party Dollars
59:47 • 2min
35
The Importance of Entrapment
01:01:36 • 2min
36
Entrapment: The Problem With the FBI
01:03:35 • 1min
37
FBI and the Rhode Island App Scam
01:05:00 • 2min
38
The Fbi's Guide to Undercover Operations
01:06:35 • 2min
39
The Fbi and the Secret Service
01:08:18 • 1min
40
Do You Believe That Congress Purposely?
01:09:46 • 1min
41
How to Money: The Truth Behind Hyped Up Crypto Schemes
01:11:16 • 2min