The Pretender: How Martin Frankel Fooled the Financial World and Led the Feds on One of the Most Publicized Manhunts in History (Wall Street Journal Book)

Ellen Pollock

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Edité par Free Press, 2002

0743204190 / 9780743204194

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It's a story with all the makings of a television drama: a reclusive financial whiz swindles insurance companies out of $200 million, attracts a harem of young women, outsmarts a posse of bumbling federal agents in a chase across Europe, and leads some very famous people down the garden path. Yet it's all part of the very real life of Martin Frankel. THE PRETENDER chronicles how a nerdy thirty year old used his financial skills to build an intricate Ponzi scheme based on lies and his amazing gift for luring businessmen, including Democratic power broker Robert Strauss, into his web. While Frankel's stolen millions allowed him to easily transform himself from mama's boy to corporate mogul, his attempts to go 'global' proved more challenging. Nevertheless, his creation of a phony Catholic charity drew the attention of priests with close Vatican ties and a new group of mysterious business partners, until increasing paranoia caused Frankel to vanish from his Greenwich estate, beginning a bizarre chase across Europe that would climax in a German hotel room.…

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The Pretender: How Martin Frankel Fooled the Financial World and Led the Feds on One of the Most Publicized Manhunts in History (Wall Street Journal Book)
Auteur
Ellen Pollock
Éditeur
Free Press
Année de publication
2002
État de l'article
Good
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Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0743204190
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780743204194
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Livre 3 sur 12: Wall Street Journal Book

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