The Plastic Magician
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Arturo Hoyo, born of Cuban descent and known as the Plastic Magician, was one of America's notable twentieth-century con artists. He landed on the front page of the Miami Herald for scamming American Express out of more than eight million dollars in credit-card services in Florida alone. Vice President George Bush and a Senate judiciary committee on scams contacted him in prison and convinced him to appear before them. Alongside a hunt for revenge after the murders of his family and the loss of their Cuban sugar plantation, he lived a rich-and-famous lifestyle, romanced Hollywood celebrities, and impersonated an Argentinian general and rum magnate Mr. Bacardi. He could change identities and residences as fast as Clark Kent becomes Superman.
Genres: True Crime
ISBN-13: 9781662811883
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