Deception

About the Book

Joseph Hyland, a real estate developer during the real estate boom in the early 2000’s partnered with a Dutch investor and a Dutch bank to construct six high-end developments in Florida. Their partnership borrowed over $1.5 billion for those developments, all through their Dutch bank partner. Both Hyland’s Dutch partner and the president of the Dutch bank crafted deceptions to defraud Hyland of his profits. The large amount of profits generated by these developments initiated the president of the Dutch bank’s greed to create another deception. That resulted in, not only diverting funds to just himself, but also multiple suspicious deaths. Both the FBI and the Dutch police began investigations into both the deceptions and suspicious deaths. Those deceptions, as well as frauds created by individuals involved with the real estate developments, caused not only other suspicious deaths, but also the largest foreclosure in the history of Southwest Florida in the amount of over $1 billion. Deception takes the reader into the mysteries of solving the suspicious deaths, determining who received the missing funds, and unraveling the deceptions to determine who became very rich and who lost everything.

About the Author

Steven Winer is a retired attorney, born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He practiced real estate, business and banking law for over 40 years. He moved to Southwest Florida in 1984. He represented banks and real estate developers during the robust real estate boom era of the early 2000’s only to witness the devastation that those years caused to many ordinary individuals as well as high end real estate developers. Steven enjoys his retirement by helping entrepreneurs fulfill their dreams of starting their own business through volunteering with local business organizations. He also volunteers for the local Lee County Visitors and Convention Bureau. Steven enjoys writing novels about his many cases and experiences during the time he practiced law. Steven has been married to his wife, Linda, for 34 years. They have three children, six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Writing novels has been on his bucket list since his retirement.