OnabriskdayinNovember1998,adoughybaldingBrooklyncomputersalesmanwassupposedtoreporttoprisontobeginservinga17-yearsentence.HerentedaFordTaurus.DrovetoQueenstoturnintheanklemonitorhehadbeenwearing.Hetook$600outofanATM.HeadedtoJFKairport.Andvanished.HisnamewasJohnRuffo.Thecrimehehadcommittedwasoutlandish.Usingforgeddocumentsandfakecorporateseals,hepersuadedbankstoloanhim$350million.Heinventedanonexistentpropositionthathecalled“ProjectStar”andheusedthemoneytogamblethemillionsonthestockmarket,becomingoneofWallStreet’shigh-rollers.WhentheFBIcaughtwindofhisswindle,theysetupasting.Athissentencing,prosecutorsmadeanunthinkablemistake.TheyagreedtoletJohnRuffodrivehimselftoprison.WhatfollowedwasoneofthelongestandmostchallengingmanhuntsinthehistoryoftheU.S.MarshalsService.Wediscoveramanwhoselifewasahallofmirrors.Secretidentities,unlikelyaffiliations,andboguscompaniesareuncovered.WashesecretlyhelpinganeliteunitofFBIspy-hunterslureSovietscientiststodefect?Didhecutadealwiththemobtohelphimdisappear?Wasthathim,seatedbehindhomeplateatDodgerStadium?WejointhechaseastheMarshalstryandresolveacasethathasbaffledandbewilderedgenerationsoftheircolleagues,crossingtheglobetoaskonepressingquestion:Haveyouseenthisman?
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