02442cam a2200337 i 4500 1752324707 TxAuBib 20241127120000.0 231208s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024934386 9780316569163 031656916X TxAuBib rda Smith, Tanya, author. Never saw me coming : how I outsmarted the FBI and the entire banking system--and pocketed $40 million / Tanya Smith. First edition. New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. vi, 425 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In Never Saw Me Coming, Tanya Smith shares her deeply personal and remarkable story of how she went from a precocious young girl to a money-grabbing, computer-savvy wiz. It starts out as a keen interest in technology and innocently acquiring phone numbers to Michael Jackson, as well as other celebrities, and moves to her successfully stealing and depositing $5,000 into her grandmother's banking account. By the time she is 18, the risk taker has confiscated millions in cash. The FBI is hot on her tail and hauls her in for an interview, demanding Smith let them know who she's working for, "as these are not the kind of crimes Black people are smart enough to commit." Their words, indicating that intelligence was determined by race, severely offended Smith. Up for the challenge, she proves the FBI wrong and over time steals $40 million dollars, while securing diamonds, gold bars, and other commodities. Her lifestyle attracts the wrong kind of people, even those who set out to kill her. Law enforcement persisted, ultimately dubbing Smith "one of the single biggest threats to the entire United States banking system." She receives an outrageous prison sentence--the longest for a white-collar offense--and is eventually released by mounting her own brilliant defense."--Amazon. 20241127. Smith, Tanya. Commercial crimes United States Biography. White collar crimes United States Cases Biography. Female offenders United States Biography. African American criminals Biography. Biographies. rvmgf Biographies. rvmgf