Wiseguys, Rabbis, and the FBI: How one man became the biggest loanshark in New York City, went to prison, and escaped. by Schwartzman, J. a.
Wiseguys, Rabbis, and the FBI: How one man became the biggest loanshark in New York City, went to prison, and escaped. by Schwartzman, J. a.

Wiseguys, Rabbis, and the FBI: How one man became the biggest loanshark in New York City, went to prison, and escaped.

Was it the Mafia behind the biggest loanshark in New York City, or a group of Long...
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Author: J. a. Schwartzman
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Wiseguys, Rabbis, and the FBI: How one man became the biggest loanshark in New York City, went to prison, and escaped. by Schwartzman, J. a.

Wiseguys, Rabbis, and the FBI: How one man became the biggest loanshark in New York City, went to prison, and escaped.

$23.94
Wiseguys, Rabbis, and the FBI: How one man became the biggest loanshark in New York City, went to prison, and escaped. by Schwartzman, J. a.

Wiseguys, Rabbis, and the FBI: How one man became the biggest loanshark in New York City, went to prison, and escaped.

$23.94
Author: J. a. Schwartzman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Was it the Mafia behind the biggest loanshark in New York City, or a group of Long Island Rabbis?

Melvin Cooper was a financier with an edge, making risky loans to New York business people until he found himself running the biggest loansharking operation in the city. In 1984, he was arrested by then-U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani along with seven Mafia capos and soldiers from four organized crime families. It was one of Giuliani's first high-profile RICO trials, and he filled the courtroom with notorious informants, lowlifes, rats, and some of New York's most sought-after crime figures including "top earners" like Jimmy Rotondo and Michael Franzese. Cooper was sentenced to 30 years in prison - from which he promptly escaped.

The driving, three-decade story takes readers from the Brooklyn waterfront to Florida beaches to an Indiana penitentiary. Never before have Rabbis and the Mafia collided like this, as Mel Cooper and his partner - a dentist from Long Island - funded nightclubs and restaurants in freewheeling 1980s New York. Wiseguys, Rabbis, and the FBI captures the mayhem that follows when ambition and flexible ethics meet. And, in a unique twist on crime stories, Wiseguys, Rabbis, and the FBI is also about the business of crime: the daily bookkeeping, contracts, corruption, and cover-ups that echo to this day, and remind us why chaos and lies are not the best business tools.



Author: J. a. Schwartzman
Publisher: Chp Works, LLC
Published: 06/06/2025
Pages: 252
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9798989472611

About the Author
Schwartzman, J. a.: - J.A. Schwartzman is a copywriter and author, whose work has appeared in publications including Mademoiselle Magazine, Barbara Probst Solomon's "The Reading Room", the New York Press, and others. Her writing and editing has included non-fiction books, articles for trade and commercial publications, and a screenplay.Cooper, Melvin: - Mel Cooper was born in Brooklyn, New York. His career has taken him through several industries including New York's commercial trash collection business, international telecom, and finance. He rose through the business world until he veered into making "special loans," where he caught the attention of the FBI. After paying the price for his wrong turns, Mel retired to Brooklyn.

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