Just like the movies: the FBI squad stormed into the house to make their arrest while two black helicopters circled above. Only, it was me they were after: a successful management consultant, writer and father; they handcuffed me before the tearful eyes of my two-year-old daughter. The magnitude of such error was an embarrassment; Courtesy of a monstrous system that manufactures villains. The cover up just made it worse; bogus charges piling up, drug trafficking and spying. Powerless. Voiceless. Nameless. I had become Criminal Number 2:09-195.
An inspiring but cautionary tale retraces the unthinkable events that led an innocent man to become one of the most indicted individuals in American history. Scary as it is, it could happen to anyone.
“A remarkable story of flash, excess, FBI and DOJ malfeasance, and a father’s unyielding fight to save his young daughter and clear his name. It is head-spinning in its twists and turns.”
James Morgan, author of the New York Times Notable Book The Distance to the Moon
