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Author Wright, Tom (Wall Street Journal reporter), author.

Title Billion dollar whale : the man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the world / Tom Wright & Bradley Hope.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2018.
©2018

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  364.163 WRIGHT    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  364.163 WRIGHT    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  364.163 WRIGHT    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  364.16 WRI    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  364.163 WRI    DUE 05-10-24
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  364.16 HOPE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  364.163 WRI    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.163092 WRI    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.163 WRIGHT    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  364.163 WRIGHT    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Part I. The invention of Jho Low -- Fake photos -- Asian great Gatsby -- Win tons of money -- We're going to need a bigger van -- A nice toy -- Doctor Leissner, I presume -- Saudi "royalty" (the first heist) -- Hitting a goldmine -- "I feel the earth move" -- Part II. Overnight billionaire -- An evening with the playmates -- Raining Cristal -- How to spend a billion -- Where's our money? -- Roll the presses -- Welcome to New York -- Shitty, junk products -- My good friend, Leo -- Two-million-euro bottle parade -- "Keep your nonsense to yourself" -- Belfort smells a scam -- Bitter severance -- Penthouse with a view -- Switzerland of the East -- Brazen sky -- Goldman and the sheikh (the second heist) -- Bilking the state -- Part III. Empire -- Making Busta his bitch -- All the wealth in the world -- Mystique of the orient -- "681 American pies" (the third heist) -- Art no one can see -- Jewelers and bankers -- Bona fide business -- 140 gigabytes -- Leo's Wall Street indictment -- The Oval Office -- Size matters -- Losing control -- Part IV. Bonfire of secrets -- "No cash. No deal." -- Generous Jho -- Sacks of money -- The exposé -- Buttocks in a g-string -- Strongman Najib -- Part V. The captain's resolve -- Prosecutor in an oil drum -- Special Agent Bill McMurry -- Partying on the run -- China connection -- Glass half full -- White-collar crime -- King Khadem falls -- Epilogue.
Subject Low, Jho, 1952-
Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography.
Fraud -- United States.
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)
Fraud. (OCoLC)fst00933786
Swindlers and swindling. (OCoLC)fst01140414
New York (State) -- New York -- Wall Street. (OCoLC)fst01316650
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct.
TRUE CRIME / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions.
TRUE CRIME / White Collar Crime.
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Biographies.
Added Author Hope, Bradley, author.
ISBN 9780316436502 hardcover
031643650X hardcover
9780316436489 electronic book
9781478947998 audio book
9781478948001 audio download
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