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Update: 2024-08-26
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Description
In the ’80s and ’90s, fraudulent telemarketing is booming, often bleeding senior citizens dry. Law enforcement is nearly powerless to stop it, until Tim Healy, a zany young FBI agent out of Salt Lake City, comes up with an ingenious undercover plan to scam the scammers and beat them at their own game.
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In Channel
Buffalo, NY was mentioned here. That particular 1990s operation was run by Rocco F. Guadagna and Peter Gerace. The latter is currently under Federal indictment and trial for running a strip club/drug operation. The case includes a corrupt DEA Agent, a NY State Supreme Court Judge who allegedly committed suicide, and two federal witnesses who died.