《Dark Market》Author's Note
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Author's Note
Jim Bell deserves a big thank you for coming up with the mind-blowing concept behind Dark Market even if it's meant the FBI have been doing the prison hokey cokey with him for a decade or more (more about this guy at the back). Thanks also to JC of Damocles GMBH for teaching me to shoot like a professional, Mick Coup (Core Combatives) for reminding me how to fight, Ian Harm of IAC Investigations for giving me an investigative primer, Andrew Thomas, and all the people I know and love in banking. Remember, sometimes, even bankers need a cuddle. If there are any factual errors in this book, the blame is entirely theirs. I'm just a writer, I make stuff up for a living.
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