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Masters of Deception: The Worldwide White-Collar Crime Crisis and Ways to Protect Yourself

Masters of Deception: The Worldwide White-Collar Crime Crisis and Ways to Protect Yourself

Hardcover

CriminologyGeneral Political ScienceTrue Crime

Publisher Price: $39.00

ISBN10: 0471133558
ISBN13: 9780471133551
Publisher: Wiley
Published: Nov 1 1996
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.99 Width: 6.31 Depth: 9.31
Language: English
White-collar criminals continue to pick our pockets to the tune of$300 billion every year. These 'socially acceptable' criminals robmore from companies and individuals with a pen or key stroke than astreet thug can plunder with a high-powered pistol. --from theIntroduction

In Masters of Deception, former special agent and intelligenceofficer Louis Mizell addresses the growing problem of white-collarcrime in America. Using actual cases, Mizell exposes scores ofperpetrators and their modus operandi, and offers invaluable adviceon what to look for, how to avoid being a victim, and how to fightback.

Praise for Louis Mizell and Masters of Deception

Mizell stands out as a true expert in crime and terrorism whoearned his title fighting the bad guys in back alleys, courts, corporate suites, and the new global economy. No one else out therecan match his knowledge of what the bad guys are doing and how.--James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor and WhiteFlame

Masters of Deception exposes little known facts that should berevealed to the unsuspecting public. Mizell may well be the nextRalph Nader in exposing the many ways innocent people arevictimized by white-collar crime. --Dr. Richard Ward, AssociateChancellor and Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Chicagoat Illinois

White-collar crime is an alarming epidemic that has reached everybig city and small town in America. Invading all sectors, fromhealth care and religion to law and education, it claims millionsof victims, and bilks taxpayers out of billions of dollars everyyear. In Masters of Deception, top crime expert Louis Mizelladdresses this serious--and costly--problem, exposing some of themost notorious offenders, and providing precautionary measureseveryone should take to avoid being taken to the cleaners.

Leaving no get-rich-quick stone unturned, white-collar criminalsstrike from every angle. Whether they're doctors overbillingpatients, charity workers pocketing donations, or lawyers abusingpowers of attorney, their fraudulent practices cost individuals, companies, and institutions billions of dollars. Consider thefollowing:

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