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8. Bovsun, “Finding ‘Mr. 880.’” See also Bryk, “Little Old Moneymaker”; McKelway, “Old Eight Eighty,” part 1, p. 32; McKelway, “Old Eight Eighty,” part 2, p. 30; McKelway, “Old Eight Eighty,” part 3, p. 88; McKelway, True Tales, pp. 228–29, 232, 234, 237, 239, 250–51; McNamara, Justice Story, pp. 203–204; and Melanson with Stevens, Secret Service, p. 54.
9. Bovsun, “Finding ‘Mr. 880.’” See also Bryk, “Little Old Moneymaker”; McKelway, “Old Eight Eighty,” part 1, pp. 32, 34; McKelway, “Old Eight Eighty,” part 3, p. 82; McKelway, True Tales, pp. 216–17, 220–29, 232–38, 243, 256; McNamara, Justice Story, p. 208; and “Snow, Fire Turn Up Elusive Suspect,” p. 48.
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12. Hoyt, Coins, Collectors, and Counterfeiters, p. 97. See also McKelway, “Old Eight Eighty,” part 1, pp. 30, 33; McKelway, True Tales, pp. 220–21, 230, 233, 259; and Ben Tarnoff, Moneymakers: The Wicked Lives and Surprising Adventures of Three Notorious Counterfeiters (New York: Penguin Press, 2011), pp. 2, 5, 255–56.
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15. Bovsun, “Finding ‘Mr. 880.’” See also Bryk, “Little Old Moneymaker”; McKelway, “Old Eight Eighty,” part 1, p. 36; McKelway, “Old Eight Eighty,” part 3, pp. 85–88; McKelway, True Tales, pp. 243, 246–49; McNamara, Justice Story, pp. 206–207; Melanson with Stevens, Secret Service, pp. 54–55; “Snow, Fire Turn Up Elusive Suspect,” p. 1; and “Suspect Is Released,” p. 16.
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CHAPTER 28. IMPERFECT PITCH—DON LAPRE
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8. Farr, “Don Wan.” See also Don Lapre, Small Ads, Big Profits: How You Could Turn $30 into a Fortune (Phoenix: New Strategies, 2000), pp. 2–3, and Quill and Barrett, “Rise and Fall of Don Lapre.”
9. Farr, “Don Wan.” See also Lapre, Small Ads, Big Profits, p. 17, and Quill and Barrett, “Rise and Fall of Don Lapre.”
10. Farr, “Don Wan.” See also Baldomero Garcia, “Don Lapre: The Money Making Package,” Direct Marketing Review, 2003, http://www.klausdahl.com/Don_Lapre_The_Money_Making_Package_review.htm (accessed January 17, 2012); “900 Numbers,” 900Numbers.com, 2011, http://900numbers.com (accessed January 22, 2012); and Quill and Barrett, “Rise and Fall of Don Lapre.”
11. Farr, “Don Wan.” See also Garcia, “Don Lapre: The Money Making Package”; Lapre, Small Ads, Big Profits, pp. 74–75; and Quill and Barrett, “Rise and Fall of Don Lapre.”
12. Timothy R. Dougherty, “Don LaPre’s Pitch Draws Complaints,” Newsday, November 14, 1993, p. 87. See also Farr, “Don Wan,” and Quill and Barrett, “Rise and Fall of Don Lapre.”
13. Farr, “Don Wan.” See also Quill and Barrett, “Rise and Fall of Don Lapre.”
14. Quill and Barrett, “Rise and Fall of Don Lapre.”
15. Ibid. See also United States of America, Plaintiff v. Don Lapre, Defendant, United States District Court, District of Arizona, June 8, 2011, http://www.casewatch.org/doj/lapre/indictment.pdf (accessed December 21, 2011).
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17. Quill and Barrett, “Rise and Fall of Don Lapre.” See also “TV Pitchman Accused of Bilking 220,000 out of $52m,” MyFoxPhoenix.com, June 15, 2011, http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/justice/tv-pitchman-accused-of-bilking-220k-out-of-52m-apx-06152011 (accessed December 21, 2011), and United States of America, Plaintiff v. Don Lapre, Defendant.
18. “Embattled ‘King of Infomercials’ Don Lapre ‘Slit His Own Throat with a Razor’ in Arizona Jail Cell,” Mail Online, October 5, 2011, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045809/King-Infomercials-Don-Lapre-slit-throat-razor.html (accessed December 21, 2011). See also Quill and Barrett, “Rise and Fall of Don Lapre.”
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CHAPTER 7. CHICAGO’S FLORIST-MOBSTER—DEAN O’BANION
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