This book is about financial fraud and the people who commit different types of fraud.
My concept for this cover was to portray the idea of counterfeit money, to show that what was being promised (money, financial freedom) was not what would be delivered (in cases of fraud).
I took the image of a $100 bill and I altered the face of Ben Franklin, so that he has a smirk on his face, as if he is in on the joke/fraud. I also showed the corner of the bill being lifted, to show that it was a counterfeit bill (the back is blank, and the stack of money underneath is just a stack of plain paper.