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1. www.amazon.com › Sting-Man-Inside-Abscam › dpThe Sting Man: Inside Abscam Paperback - amazon.com

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   Dec 2, 2013 · Edgar AwardWinner, 1982. The true story behind the film AMERICAN HUSTLE. The Sting Man is the amazing inside story of Mel Weinberg, one of the most fascinating fast-buck operators to ever live, and the incredible scandals he masterminded.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AbscamAbscam - Wikipedia

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   Abscam, sometimes written ABSCAM, was an Federal Bureau of Investigation sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s that led to the convictions of seven members from both chambers of the United States Congress and others for bribery and corruption.

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   What is Abscam and how does it work?

   • (Francois Duhamel/AP) The massive FBI anti-corruption operation known as Abscam captured the public imagination in 1980 with a cinematic cast of characters: phony Arab sheiks, real mobsters, corrupt local politicians, U.S. congressmen on the take — all of it orchestrated by a cigar-chomping con artist paid by the feds to set up stings.

   To the players in Abscam, the real-life ‘American Hustle

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   Was Abscam a scam?

   • Plaza, now an attorney in private practice in Red Bank, called Abscam a seriously flawed case. “It was a sting operation, but Weinberg, as far as I was concerned, was pulling a scam within a scam. He was scamming the government officials trying to monitor the operation,” he says.

   Jersey Hustle: The real-life story of Abscam - nj.com

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   What is Abscam sting?

   • Abscam, sometimes written ABSCAM, was an FBI sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s that led to the convictions of seven members of the United States Congress and others for bribery and corruption.

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   What was the real story of Abscam?

   • The real story of Abscam, the sweeping and still controversial federal corruption investigation that played out from Jersey to Florida in the late 1970s and early 1980s, turned out to be far more bizarre and outrageous than anything Hollywood could ever imagine.

   Jersey Hustle: The real-life story of Abscam - nj.com

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4. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Sting Man by Robert W. Greene | Goodreads

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   Apr 15, 1981 · 3.60. 308 ratings40 reviews. Profiles the ABSCAM sting man, Mel Weinberg, who sold the FBI on the idea of setting himself up as a business representative of a wealthy Arab sheik and who personally handled almost every contact and payoff. Genres Nonfiction History Crime True Crime Politics. 268 pages, Paperback.

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   Dec 2, 2013 · The audiobook recounts the infamous “Abscam” operation on the East Coast in the 1970s in which con man Mel Weinberg, working for the FBI, convinced politicians to accept bribes in return for favors. True story, it was in all the papers.

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   Dec 2, 2013 · THE STING MAN is the amazing inside story of Mel Weinberg, one of the most fascinating fast-buck operators to ever live, and the incredible scandals he masterminded. Weinberg netted millions and famously dreamed up Abscam --- the infamous FBI-run sting operation of the late 1970s that would bag seven congressmen and one U.S. senator.

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