FRAUD : How Prison Set Me Free

After matriculating from a top Jewish school, Nikki Munitz finds herself in the clutches of a heroin addiction. She's sent to a remote rehab, run by a pastor who brandishes a tattoo of Satan. In this hellhole, she meets Jake, the handsome son of a wealthy Afrikaans family.Lured by the illusion of her “happily ever after”, she marries him – but the facade of her new family soon crumbles. Money is in short supply, so Nikki gets a job at a law firm and starts siphoning money from trust accounts. By the time her R2.5 million fraud is discovered, she's been clean and sober for five years. A gruelling court battle follows, and she is found guilty on 37 counts of fraud. Fraud is a powerful memoir about the unmasking of the self. It’s the tale of a young Jewish mother who is forced to examine a life of lies and deceit from behind bars, until an unexpected encounter in the grimy prison gives Nikki her wings to fly free. Read more