The trillion dollar conman : the astonishing true story of the most audacious fraud in sport
Robinson, Ben2024
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Based on the hit BBC 5 Live podcast series, 'The Trillion Dollar Conman' is a tale of audacious international fraud that is stranger than fiction. In 2009, Notts County FC were struggling to survive in League Two when they were taken over by a mysterious company supposedly backed by the Bahrain royal family. The club was promised millions of pounds worth of investment and marquee players. However, within months, the dream turned into a nightmare as it transpired that the club, the players and the fans had been duped by a convicted fraudster called Russell King. The world's oldest professional football club found itself at the centre of one of the most outlandish frauds in sporting history, which spanned the globe from Nottingham to North Korea, involving fake sheikhs, fast cars, broken promises and a trail of destruction.
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Author:
Robinson, Ben, author
Imprint:
London : Icon Books, 2024.
Collation:
288 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781837731428 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
3137982
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