I was so interested in Episode 46: The Royal Scam: Kings of Counterfeit on CNBC about the counterfeiting of Art Williams Jr. on American Greed that I watched it twice. This book fills in all the details about Art Williams, Jr., dubbed the "king of counterfeit," making funny money and tragically ...
3 1/2 stars. Interesting story of a boy who spent his youth in the worst ghetto in Chicago. This gives you an inside look into life in the poor section of town and the mindset of people who live lives of crime. His mother's friend taught him the trade of counterfeiting and we follow his trail ...
I found this book on a thrift store shelf and got it with some others three for a dollar. I thought it sounded like a fascinating true crime story and after finishing reading it I know I was right.Two friends on a cross country road trip stop along the way to camp overnight in the desert. On the...
—DAVID ABRAHAMSEN, CRIMINAL PSYCHIATRIST,QUOTED IN THE San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, 1975 Art’s hopes of becoming a master counterfeiter disappeared with his mentor. He was still a kid, and the discipline, financial resources, and equipment necessary to start his own operation seeme...
he would later call it. As he lay in the tent, his eyes opening and closing restlessly, he saw people in the canyon. They were out there in the grayness of the riverbed, busily constructing machines, devices that would transport them out of the canyon. Anxiety swept over him as he realized that h...