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Inside Job: Deep Undercover as a Corporate Spy [Hardcover]

Kenneth C. Bucchi (Author)
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October 1999
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, there was a sudden void in intelligence and covert operations, and companies began hiring spies to protect their secrets, gain an edge on the competition, and keep an eye on their employees. Inside Job is the fascinating, often harrowing story of one of those spies and his undercover investigation of illegal activities-especially drug dealing-at a Boise Cascade plywood mill in Medford, Oregon.

After a three-year stint in a CIA drug-interdiction operation, Ken Bucchi went to work at the plant for Krout and Schneider, a corporate investigations firm, on behalf of Boise management. Cloaking himself as an ordinary mill worker, he played the role of a prolific "crank" dealer. He clawed his way to the center of the illicit circle and established himself as the most ruthless and feared employee in the workplace. By turns humorous and frightening, Inside Job is gripping. The story that unfolds is laced with mortal danger, profound ethical dilemmas, forbidden love, rape, fraud, racial harassment, and gun running, as well as the most fantastic drug distribution scheme imaginable. Peril and suspense lurk behind every page.

Even though it reads like a thriller, Inside Job is all true. And given the issues of protecting individuals' Constitutional rights to privacy and due legal process versus management's responsibility to eradicate illegal activity and racial and sexual harassment in the workplace, it will change the way people look at corporate America forever.


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...This high-velocity narrative opens a window onto the activities of the spies among us. -- Peter Collier, author of The Kennedys

...it's raw reality-how a rent-a-narc penetrated a sawmill and found a few with redeeming social values -- Bill Turner, author of Hoover's FBI

About the Author

Kenneth C. Bucchi has lived an adventurous life. He holds a B.S. in Criminology; spent three years as a CIA agent in a drug-interdiction operation called Pseudo Miranda; served six years as a Captain in the Air Force and fought in the Gulf War; and worked for four years as both a private and corporate investigator. He presently negotiates contracts on behalf of management, conducts investigations, and mediates grievances and disputes. In 1994 he wrote CIA: Cocaine in America, which chronicles his experiences in the CIA, and which Atlas Entertainment recently optioned for a feature film. Penmarin Books will soon republish the book in a new, expanded edition entitled Operation Pseudo Miranda..

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Penmarin Books (October 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1883955289
  • ISBN-13: 978-1883955281
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,229,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Member National Council of Investigation & Security Services, March 16, 2000
This review is from: Inside Job: Deep Undercover as a Corporate Spy (Hardcover)
As a seasoned corporate investigator for Kroll Investigations,the world's premier investigative Agency, I have to say that KennethBucchi has done what no one else has ever seen fit to do with regardto this mysterious subject matter: he has written a case profile of an undercover corporate investigation that is neither didactic nor instructional in nature. Rather, he has written a story that feels like you're smack-dab in the middle of a corporate investigation.

After my wife read this book, she gave it to me and told me that it was the first time ever that she truly understood what my job was like, and for that I am very thankful. I believe Bucchi wrote "Inside Job" the way he did because, unlike all other authors on the subject, he was never a case manager nor an investigative executive; he writes from the perspective of the investigator and he has no allegiances to either his former employer or occupation. If I were to write a book such as this, it best be a doozy because I would no longer be able to make a living as an investigator, that's for sure. Although I have never encountered a case fraught with as much danger and as many hazards as this one, (which leads me to believe there was a smidgen of literary license involved), I have encountered all of the same ethical and moral dilemmas Mr. Bucchi struggled with during my career as an investigator. Who knows, maybe if I took as many brazen chances as Mr. Bucchi, my cases would be as wild as this one. Something tells me, though, that I'll never find out. In fact, that something just elbowed me and told me to turn out the light.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic and, July 26, 2001
This review is from: Inside Job: Deep Undercover as a Corporate Spy (Hardcover)
The next day on the job was always full of surprises. I could not put it down. A great and realistic read about the sweat and toil of the paper/lumber trade in Oregon. Bucchi goes undercover and you feel almost like you working next to him as he attempts to find the good and the bad within the organization's entry level employees; all the while trying to fit in and not stand out. Very ture and realistic in how the soical structures of the blue collar workforce operate within a given organization. You never know what your neighbor is doing or what they are involved in. A good read...
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating!, April 19, 2000
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For someone who reads mostly romance novels, I was a bit skeptical about reading a book on undercover investigations. I had heard Mr. Bucchi on several radio interviews and his story sounded so fascinating that I decided it was time to read the book. I was hooked the moment I read the first page. Most books take a chapter or two before you really get into it but not this one, from the moment I opened the book to the time I had to force myself to put it down, I was totally caught up in the story. Mr. Bucchi does an excellent job of making you feel like you are right there with him the entire time. I strongly recommend this book to everyone, it is a fascinating story and I can't wait to read more from Mr. Bucchi!
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