Customer Rating:  
Summary: cheatin' scoundrels, no longer funny!
Comment: REJOICE YA'LL!!!
Havent' actually read this book but apparently these two did. Regrettably, in our culture we are no longer allowed to condemn behavior, only ignore it or condone it (virtually the same!) And, apparently books like this only tell of how to do it and not the consequences when you get caught. Too bad. These shiftless cons actually had a future.
good, hard-working, honest folks: 2
Stupid, lazy, opportunistic idiots: 0
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20080510/Young.Couple.Fraud/
PHILADELPHIA: A former college student accused of stealing people's credit to travel the world with her Ivy League boyfriend is nearing a federal plea deal, her lawyer said. Jocelyn Kirsch, 22, and Edward Anderton, 25, are due in state court in Philadelphia on Monday for a preliminary hearing.
They will not appear as the case is moved to federal court, the lawyer said. "It's obviously been a difficult, taxing process for her and her family," lawyer Ronald Greenblatt told The Associated Press on Saturday. He declined to discuss details of the potential plea. But given the scope of the alleged fraud, which police put at more than $100,000, prison time is likely under federal guidelines.
The couple's travel photos show the couple swimming in the Caribbean, dining at upscale resorts and kissing under the Eiffel Tower. Kirsch, then a Drexel University student, is often seen posing in bright bikinis and slinky outfits.
Police released the laptop photos after the couple's arrest in December and said they had used other people's money to finance their $3,000-a-month Philadelphia condo and luxury trips to Paris, London and Hawaii.
Authorities charged that they stole the identity of neighbors in their building and at least twice broke into other units. Detectives showed off a table full of fake ID cards and driver's licenses they had seized, along with computers, printers, a machine that makes ID cards, $17,000 in cash and several neighbor's keys.
The police search also turned up a book called "The Art of Cheating: A Nasty Little Book for Tricky Little Schemers and Their Hapless Victims."
"They were two young people that were given many gifts in life," Philadelphia Detective Terry Sweeney said in December, reflecting on the couple's supportive families and private schooling. "And the very best thing they could do was victimize other people."
Anderton, a competitive swimmer from California, graduated in 2005 from the University of Pennsylvania with an economics degree. Kirsch, the daughter of a North Carolina plastic surgeon, would have graduated from Drexel this spring.
Greenblatt has said he believes the pair were equally responsible for their downfall.
Police started investigating after a neighbor suspected her identity had been stolen. When UPS told the woman she had a package waiting from a British retailer -- an order she had never placed -- police staked out the UPS store.
Anderton and Kirsch came to collect it and were arrested. They were soon released on bail amid a frenzy of media attention and have not been back in court since.
Both are believed to be living out of state with relatives.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Scheme -- not
Comment: This book was written on a level that was far too simplistic to hold one's interest. The writing format was similar to a trip book (a made up example might be -- TENNESSEE, Places to Visit in the Winter).
I no longer have my copy, it went out with the ham shank.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Little book not to deep
Comment: Book contains cheats and how to do them bit on the shallow side. Reads fast, and is interesting. Misses the larger consequences of the cheats, and treats all with the same weight. Maybe that is good a form of objectivity.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Lesson
Comment: Gives you a good heads up on how to spot a fake or criminal.
Useful for apartment managers or small business owners!
Helpful book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: i thought i might learn something... but the author cheated me out of some $$$
Comment: this book is a joke. with little "jewels" of information like:
when trying to get a date through an online dating service, try lying about your age, height, weight or profession. this will increase your odds.
trying to cheat on taxes? try underreporting your earnings or exaggerating your business expenses.
wow! truly illuminating!!!
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