Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1 Don't Make a Federal Case Out of It! 5
2 Bungling Burglars 11
3 Dr. Feelgood 18
4 A Happy Ending 30
5 Ocean Pollution in Iowa 34
6 "Shoot the Bastard, Rico, Shoot Him!" 45
7 A Tattoo Artist, a Chef, and a Civil War Buff 50
8 Trouble in River City 58
9 White Knight Bleed-Out Scheme 88
10 Cold Dish, Hot Jeep 96
111 Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat 107
12 Ruthless Drug Dealer 111
13 Money Laundering Professionals 115
14 A Bad Cop 124
15 Death by Heroin 127
16 If It Sounds Too Good to Be True… 135
17 The Molting Maltese Falcon 143
18 Slumlord and Damage Deposits 148
19 Immigration Raid Leads to Bank Fraud Trial 160
20 Child Prostitution in Iowa 180
21 Bankruptcy Fraud on the Beach 186
22 Prosecution of a Pyromaniac 195
23 The Tale of the Marijuana-Laced Brownies 203
24 Flimflam Artist 208
25 Wiretapping with a Baby Monitor 214
26 A Woody Fraud 221
27 On a D.C. Detail 227
28 Not Everything Is Too Good to Be True 242
29 Murder on the Reservation 254
Conclusion 264
Index 265