{"product_id":"9781250001931","title":"The Jersey Sting: Chris Christie and the Most Brazen Case of Jersey-Style Corruption---Ever","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the summer of 2009 the blog Gawker stated \"Everybody in New Jersey Was Arrested Yesterday.\" Now for the first time, \u003c\/i\u003eThe Jersey Sting \u003ci\u003eis the real story behind the biggest corruption bust in New Jersey's notoriously corrupt history.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAmong the forty-four people arrested in July 2009 were three mayors, five Orthodox rabbis, two state legislators, and the flamboyant deputy mayor of Jersey City, Leona Beldini, once a stripper using the stage name \"Hope Diamond.\" At the center of it all was a dubious character named Solomon Dwek, who perpetrated a $50 million Ponzi scheme before copping a plea and wearing a wire as a secret FBI undercover informant, setting up friends, partners, rabbis, and dozens of politicians. Mr. Dwek played his role like an extra in a mob movie. On surveillance tape, he repeatedly referred to his fraudulent \"schnookie deals,\" which is Yiddish for, well, schnook. \u003cbr\u003eFull of impossible-to-make-up detail and fresh revelations from the continuing trials and investigations, this book—the inside, untold account of a federal sting operation that moves from the streets of Brooklyn to the diners of Jersey City, and all the way to Israel—is a wonderful tour de force of investigative journalism by the reporting team that broke this amazing story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029505261808,"sku":"9781250001931","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250001931_p0.jpg?v=1763700882","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250001931","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}