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No one could have predicted that a petty crime against Craig Glazer would be the catalyst for a life on the edge. But then again, nothing about Craig Glazer was predictable. A skinny Jewish kid from Kansas City, Glazer was attending Arizona State University when he was robbed while buying marijuana for his fraternity brothers. His head filled with lessons in crime and criminals learned from the movies, Craig decided to get even with the dealers who robbed him. He set up his first fake "sting," pretending to be law enforcement. Unbelievably, his plan worked, and it set him on a path that was as unlikely as it was dangerous. He masterminded a two-year spree of stings that stretched from Boston, Chicago, and Cleveland to Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. Posing as everything from local police to IRS agents to hotel managers, he and his crew set up cons and raked in a fortune. Craig and partner Donald Woodbeck had such success that the Attorney General's office asked them for help ferreting out some of the most sought-after drug lords in the country. It was a dangerous double life. Like many other rags to riches stories, Craig's does not lead to a Hollywood happy ending. There was payback. Woodbeck was murdered and Craig landed in prison. The King of Sting is a story of wanting to be famous, even if it meant becoming infamous. |
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System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
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Print version record. |
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Digital content provided by Freading Ebook Service. |
| Subject |
Glazer, Craig.
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Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography.
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Undercover operations -- United States.
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Electronic books.
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Manna, Sal.
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Freading (Firm)
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Print version: Glazer, Craig. King of sting. New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2008. 1602392498 (DLC) 2008008707 |
| ISBN |
9781602392496 (e-pub) |
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9781602392496 |
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