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White Collar
White Collar [season 1 DVDs available here] is a procedural crime drama about FBI white collar crime expert Peter Burke and his former-art-forger-and-thief confidential informant Neal Caffrey, who in conjunction with his friend Mozzie (pictured) use unconventional tactics to bring criminals to justice. If you enjoy this fictionalization, try some of these true stories of brilliant theft and deception:
Gaming the game: the story behind the NBA betting scandal and the gambler who made it happen by Sean Patrick Griffin
Literary hoaxes: an eye-opening history of famous frauds by Melissa Katsoulis
Madoff with the money by Jerry Oppenheimer
Fun while it lasted [electronic resource]: my rise and fall in the land of fame and fortune by Bruce McNall with Michael D'Antonio
The art of making money: the story of a master counterfeiter by Jason Kersten
The match king: Ivar Kreuger, the financial genius behind a century of Wall Street scandals by Frank Partnoy
The hit charade: Lou Pearlman, boy bands, and the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history by Tyler Gray
Can you ever forgive me?: memoirs of a literary forger by Lee Israel
The king of sting: the amazing true story of a modern American outlaw by Craig Glazer with Sal Manna
Dali & I: the surreal story by Stan Lauryssens
Undercover: how I went from company man to FBI spy-- and exposed the worst healthcare fraud in U.S. history by John W. Schilling
Currency wars: how forged money is the new weapon of mass destruction by John Cooley
Charlatan: America's most dangerous huckster, the man who pursued him, and the age of flimflam by Pope Brock
A nation of counterfeiters: capitalists, con men, and the making of the United States by Stephen Mihm
Fakes & forgeries: the true crime stories of history's greatest deceptions: the criminals, the scams, and the victims by Brian Innes
God wants you to roll: the $21 million "Miracle Cars" scam-- how two boys fleeced America's churchgoers by John Phillips III
Eyeing the flash: the education of a carnival con artist by Peter Fenton
Con man: a master swindler's own story by J.R. Weil; as told to W.T. Brannon; with an afterword by Saul Bellow
Catch me if you can [sound recording] by Frank W. Abagnale
The land that never was: Sir Gregor MacGregor and the most audacious fraud in history by David Sinclair
Drake's fortune: the fabulous true story of the world's greatest confidence artist by Richard Rayner
Born to steal: when the Mafia hit Wall Street by Gary Weiss
The art of deception: controlling the human element of security by Kevin D. Mitnick and William L. Simon; foreword by Steve Wozniak
Players: con men, hustlers, gamblers, and scam artists by edited by Stephen Hyde and Geno Zanetti
The poet and the murderer: a true story of literary crime and the art of forgery by Simon Worrall
Son of a grifter: the twisted tale of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the most notorious con artists in America: a memoir by the other son by Kent Walker with Mark Schone
The adversary: a true story of monstrous deception by Emmanuel Carrère; translated by Linda Coverdale
The big con: the story of the confidence man and the confidence game by David W. Maurer
Masters of deception: the worldwide white-collar crime crisis and ways to protect yourself by Louis R. Mizell, Jr
- Brad Czerniak
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