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About the Author
Robert G. Folsom, the author of The Money Trail: How Elmer Irey and His T-Men Brought Down America's Criminal Elite (2010), is a former reporter and editor with more than thirty years' experience on daily newspapers and a freelance writer on intelligence, counterintelligence, and law enforcement. He served as the director of information services at Florida International University before returning to journalism. He lives in Gainesville, Georgia.
Reviews
"From Al Capone, to Lucky Luciano, to Kansas City's Boss Pendergast and Hollywood's racketeers, Robert Folsom chronicles America's unholy mid-century menage of politics, crime, and business-and the long federal effort to develop and use the one legal tactic that consistently brought down such kingpins. By focusing on the Treasury Department's crack investigator Elmer Irey, he brings a moral center to his saga, but his book is really a panorama of some of the twentieth century's most ostentatious, driven characters-on both sides of the law. The Money Trail is a side of the oft-told tale about the war against criminal corruption that one hears in passing but rarely sees in detail, and Folsom lays it out in a lively, encyclopedic narrative."-Joe Jackson, author of Leavenworth Train and The Thief at the End of the World
"Exceptionally researched and well written, The Money Trail is a fascinating must-read, especially for congressional and White House leaders and federal law enforcement administrators. It is imperative, more than ever, that financial investigations become the lynchpin in future federal investigations and prosecution strategies-not only against organized crime but also in our battle with terrorist organizations. The Money Trail will more fully expose criminal and terrorist organizations, culminating in successful money laundering prosecutions and timely actionable intelligence."-William Rosenblatt, former assistant commissioner for enforcement, U.S. Customs Service
"The Money Trail clearly establishes Elmer Irey as the leading federal law enforcement agent of the twentieth century. Robert Folsom ably chronicles the history and role of the IRS and its special intelligence unit. It is most pertinent to our current efforts against organized crime, particularly major drug dealers and traffickers."-Eugene T. Rossides, former assistant secretary of the treasury
Book Information
ISBN 9781597974882
Author Robert G. Folsom
Format Hardback
Page Count 372
Imprint Potomac Books Inc
Publisher Potomac Books Inc
Weight(grams) 680g