Description |
308 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
By using true tales of thieves, swindlers, and fraudsters at work, Financial Serial Killers illustrates how these perpetrators get their hooks into investors' wallets, savings accounts, and portfolios--and never let go. Readers will learn how to better protect their family's wealth and savings after reading this book. |
Contents |
Chapter One. Financial Serial Killers -- Chapter Two. The Little Old Lady Who Invested With Buffett And Was Fleeced By Insurance Agents -- Chapter Three. The Financial Serial Killer: Charles Ponzi And The Criminal Pathology Of White-Collar Thieves -- Chapter Four. Bre-X Minerals: How To Make, And Detect, Fool's Gold -- Interlude A The Investment Industry Speaks -- Chapter Five. Five Stockbrokers, Greed, And Laziness -- Chapter Six. More Stockbrokers, Greed, And Laziness -- Chapter Seven. Hedge Funds And Private Placements: Cachet And Exclusivity Can Cost You -- Chapter Eight. Securities Regulators And Their Shortcomings: Are The Regulators Protecting You? -- Interlude B The Investment Industry Speaks -- Chapter Nine. What Is An Investment Adviser And Why Are So Many Running Ponzi Schemes? -- Chapter Ten. Mortgage Fraud: How The Mortgage Industry And Mortgage Brokers Can Rip You Off And How Promises Of Investment Riches Undermine The Safety Of Your Home -- Chapter Eleven. Affinity Fraud, Or Holy Rolling, Religious Zeal, And The Art Of The Steal -- Interlude C The Investment Industry Speaks -- Chapter Twelve. Wall Street: It's A Game For Insiders and Outsiders, Like You, Should Get Advice -- Chapter Thirteen. The Consequence Of White-Collar Crime And How It Can Destroy Lives And Rip Families Apart -- Chapter Fourteen. Web Tools And Databases To Spot Trouble Before It Starts -- Chapter Fifteen. Four Outlandish Tales Of The Securities Business -- Chapter Sixteen. Elder Abuse And Fraud -- Interlude D The Investment Industry Speaks -- Chapter Seventeen. Tilting At Windmills: How One Investor Refused To Give Up His Fight To Track Down His Financial Serial Killer -- Chapter Eighteen. The Psychology Behind Why We Fall For Scams. |
Subject |
Fraud -- United States.
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Swindlers and swindling -- United States.
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Investments -- United States.
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Fraud. (OCoLC)fst00933786
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Investments. (OCoLC)fst00978234
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Swindlers and swindling. (OCoLC)fst01140414
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Added Author |
Kelly, Bruce, 1965-
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ISBN |
9781616080310 (hardcover) |
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1616080310 (hardcover) |
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