Born to Steal: When the Mafia Hit Wall Street - Couverture rigide

Weiss, Gary

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0446528579 ISBN 13 : 9780446528573

Editeur : Warner Books, 2003

Synopsis

This is the true story of Staten Island badboy Louis Pasciuto's meteoric rise to the top of Wall Street's notorious chop houses - by the award-winning journalist who broke it. Hood brokers. Monthly million dollar paychecks. Thirty-six hour cocaine binges. "Rocky" themed pep rallies. Run-ins with Mafia thugs toting Mac 10 machine pistols. This was the life of Louis Pasciuto, a fast talking Staten Island kid who, from the age of 19 to 25, moved stocks for 17 different brokerage houses - most of the time without a fake license. This inside account of the Mafia's infiltration of Wall Street details Louis' career as the consummate liar, selling phantom stocks to naive Americans and leading a lifestyle worthy of Caligula. To avoid a long prison sentence, Pasciuto eventually became state witness. Now, Gary Weiss shares the inside story of Wall Street's notorious "chop houses", best known as the crooked Mob-run brokerages, where rampant thievery netted several billion dollars from gullible investors.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Gary Weiss is an investigative reporter for Business Week whose series on the Mafia and Wall Street was a finalist for National Magazine Award and many more. His articles, which were the basis forthis book, led directly to dozens of government indictments.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Warner Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0446528579
• ISBN 13: 9780446528573
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible