True stories. A closer look.
A convincing promise. A trail of records. Real people left counting the cost. Explore the fraud cases behind Eli Strongrum’s state-by-state nonfiction series.
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Start with a place you know. Each volume stands on its own, tracing documented schemes from the first promise to the aftermath.
Volume 01 · Florida
Thirteen documented Florida cases trace how trusted institutions and convincing paperwork gave false promises the appearance of ordinary business. Eli Strongrum follows the money through precious metals, investment accounts, health care, identity theft, charity, and clinical research.
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Volume 02 · Texas
Twelve Texas cases examine the promises behind financial statements, medical charts, public contracts, and family homes. From Billie Sol Estes and Enron to crowdfunding and foreclosure rescue, the book explains how the schemes worked and distinguishes criminal outcomes from civil settlements.
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Volume 03 · California
Twelve California cases explore the promises behind mineral wealth, insurance policies, medical technology, clean energy, and public education. Eli Strongrum examines how impressive claims gained credibility and what the records revealed when those claims were tested.
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Volume 04 · New York
Thirteen New York cases examine the authority attached to Wall Street offices, respected names, art galleries, and public contracts. From Grant & Ward to Madoff and CityTime, Eli Strongrum follows the records that made a promise persuasive and the checks that exposed its weaknesses.
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Volume 05 · Illinois
Twelve Illinois cases follow the records behind investment promises, state payments, city finances, school contracts, and advertising sales. Eli Strongrum examines how control over everyday paperwork shaped what outsiders could see, and how the discrepancies came to light.
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Volume 06 · New Jersey
Twelve New Jersey cases follow warehouse receipts, securities prices, corporate earnings, school invoices, and medical referrals. Eli Strongrum asks who supplied the proof and who could have checked it independently.
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Volume 07 · Georgia
Twelve Georgia cases trace the records behind public spending, bank credit, laboratory results, and investment promises. Eli Strongrum follows the money while keeping pleas, verdicts, acquittals, and pardons distinct.
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Volume 08 · Pennsylvania
Twelve Pennsylvania cases examine public deposits, corporate accounts, hidden debt, school vendors, nonprofit leases, and city contracts. Each account follows the records that gave a promise authority and the facts that challenged it.
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Explore the bookInside the series
Fraud is more than a startling loss figure. These books examine how a scheme worked, why the promise persuaded, and what the evidence established.
What was offered, and why people believed it.
The records that reveal how the money moved.
The questions and contradictions that exposed the scheme.
The outcomes, the losses, and what remained unresolved.
Companion articles
The mechanics of trust
A Fort Lauderdale investment scheme shows how documents can appear to confirm one another while depending on the same false premise.
Read the articleFollowing the money
The Pearlman bankruptcy offers a precise way to read the numbers left behind by an investment fraud.
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