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Jul 16, 2018 · ABSCAM began as an FBI sting operation in 1978 designed to recover stolen pieces of art and track down fraudulent securities. To execute the sting, the FBI used the help of actual criminals and con men to try to catch art thieves and black market securities dealers.
Feb 6, 2023 · Abscam was a defining moment in American history, finally providing proof of the rampant corruption that the public had suspected for so long. The sting operation exposed members of Congress who were caught taking bribes, and they subsequently resigned from their positions.
Feb 9, 2010 · On February 2, 1980, details of ABSCAM, an FBI operation to uncover political corruption in the government, are released to the public. Thirty-one public officials were targeted for investigation...
Dec 17, 2013 · But according to The Sting Man, Robert W. Greene’s telling of Weinberg’s story and the Abscam affair, Weinberg didn’t work for his father until after his first marriage, to a wife named Mary ...
Twenty-five years ago last week, the world learned of our high-level investigation into public corruption and organized crime, infamously code-named ABSCAM. The unfolding details were riveting:
Abscam. By Jodine Mayberry. Launched in March 1978, the FBI sting operation known as Abscam led to the conviction of a U.S. senator, six congressmen, three Philadelphia City Council members, and the mayor of Camden, New Jersey, for taking bribes from undercover agents pretending to be the Arab sheiks. The FBI secretly filmed the transactions in ...
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