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Author Ajamie, Tom.

Title Financial serial killers : inside the world of Wall Street money hustlers, swindlers, and con men / Tom Ajamie and Bruce Kelly.

Imprint New York : Skyhorse Pub., ©2010.

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  362.88 AJA    Check Shelf
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.
Swindlers and swindling -- United States.
Investments -- United States.
Fraud. (OCoLC)fst00933786
Investments. (OCoLC)fst00978234
Swindlers and swindling. (OCoLC)fst01140414
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Kelly, Bruce, 1965-
ISBN 9781616080310 (hardcover)
1616080310 (hardcover)
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