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Harry Markopolos and his team of financial sleuths discuss first-hand how they cracked the Madoff Ponzi scheme No One Would Listen is the exclusive story of the Harry Markopolos-lead investigation into Bernie Madoff and his $65 billion Ponzi scheme. While a lot has been written about... read more
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Audio version of this book - 12.9 hours.
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- Bernie Madoff: Add a description of this character.
- Frank Casey
- Neil Chelo
- Thierry De La Villehuchet
- David Kotz
- Gaytri Kachroo
- Harry Markopolos
- Mike Ocrant
- John Wilke
- Manion
- Greg Zuckerman
- Pat Burns
- Meaghan Cheung
- Mary Schapiro
- Mike Garrity
- Barron
- Scannell
- Prince Michel
- Whitman
- Dave Fraley
- Phil Michael
- David Becker
- Don
- Noelle
- Simona Suh
- Dan Dibartolomeo
- Spitzer
- Linda Thomsen
- Patrick Littaye
- Grant Ward
- Schumer
- Prince Charles
First Sentence edit
On the rainy afternoon of June 17, 2009, David Kotz sat patiently in a small room with a single barred window at the Metropolitan Correction Center, a prison in lower Manhattan, waiting to interview Bernard Madoff, the mastermind behind the greatest financial crime in history.
Table of Contents edit
Foreword
Who's Who
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Red Wagon in a Field of Snow
Chapter 2: The Slot Machine that Kept Coming Up Cherries
Chapter 3: Falling Down the Rabbit Hole
Chapter 4: Finding More Peters (to Pay Paul)
Chapter 5: The Goddess of Justice Wears a Blindfold
Chapter 6: Didn't Anyone Want a Pulitzer?
Chapter 7: More Red Flags than the Soviet Union
Chapter 8: Closing the Biggest Barn Door in Wall Street History
Chapter 9: Soaring Like an Eagle Surrounded by Turkeys
Epilogue: Mr. Pinkslip Goes to Washington
Appendix A: Madoff Tops Charts; Skeptics Ask How
Appendix B: The World's Largest Hedge Fund is a Fraud
Appendix C: Online Resources Guide for the Classroom and Beyond
A Note on Sources
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Harry Markopolos (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-55373-2
Page Count: 343
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-55373-2
Page Count: 343
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- Dewey: 364.163092
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