
Wrong Numbers: Call Girls, Hackers, and the Mob in Las Vegas
A True Crime
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Jeffrey A. Hering
"Wrong Numbers is an intriguing and well-researched crime story detailing the intersection of big money and quick sex in the city that contains a lot of both." (Jack Sheehan, author of Skin City)
Was a hacker diverting phone calls meant for Las Vegas escort services?
The FBI wanted to know, and so did associates of a New York Mafia family. In one of the most unusual undercover operations ever, the FBI had an agent acting as a manager in a real Las Vegas escort service. Federal agents expected to find prostitution and drugs in the Las Vegas escort industry. What their investigation uncovered was even more serious.
"Wiseguys and wannabes are on the hunt for a shadowy hacker who may hold the keys to control of Las Vegas’ multi-million dollar call girl racket, while FBI agents are hunting them. The result is a gripping true-life crime story that reads like a collaboration between Elmore Leonard and Williams Gibson told with the knowing savvy of two longtime chroniclers of Sin City’s hidden underbelly." (Kevin Poulsen, author of KINGPIN: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground)
"In ’90s Vegas, call girls worked for “entertainment” services that were little more than phone numbers, dispatchers, and drop safes. When a mystery hacker started diverting customer’s calls to one service’s number, it launched a series of dangerous events that involved the Mob, feds, hackers, service owners, and the phone system itself. This slice of Sin City history is as little-known as it is thrilling, and it’s well-told by investigative journalist Glen Meek and crime writer Dennis Griffin." (Deke Castleman, author of Whale Hunt in the Desert: Secrets of a Vegas Superhost)
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The authors examine an unprecedented undercover operation, using a federal agent as a manager of an escort service. The escort business, was in many cases, a front for illegal activities such as money laundering and sales of narcotics. It appeared a hacker was tapping into the Las Vegas hotel’s switchboards to divert callers.
A group of criminals broke into a Sprint location and stole sensitive equipment. Several businesses would file suit again the phone company for not protecting their phone lines, and causing many to go out of business. The authors reveal the conspirators, and divulge the sentences each received.
True crime from "Sun City"
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Disappointing
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The book is written in a journalistic style.
I found it interesting to learn how the mob sought to corner this market, how they tried to find the hacker/s to assist them, and the impact it had on local businesses.
If you want to learn about the mob in Las Vegas, 'adult entertainers', and their hidden attempts to make money then this is the book to get.
Fascinating story!
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Wasted Time
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