Книга: Gary Weiss «Born to Steal : When the Mafia Hit Wall Street»
Производитель: "Неизвестный" Book DescriptionHood brokers. Monthly million dollar paychecks. Thirty-six hour cocaine binges.`Rocky` themed pep rallies. Run-ins with Mafia thugs toting Mac 10 machine pistols. This was the life of Louis Pasciuto, a fast-talking Staten Island kid who, from the age of 19 to 25, moved stocks for 17 different brokerage houses-most of that time without even a fake license. This inside account of the Mafia`s infiltration of Wall Street details Louis` career as the consummate liar, selling phantom stocks to naive Americans and leading a lifestyle worthy of Caligula. To avoid a long prison sentence, Pasciuto eventually turned state`s witness. Now, Gary Weiss shares the inside story of Wall Street`s notorious `chop houses,` the crooked Mob-run brokerages whererampant thievery netted several billion dollars from gullible investors. Download DescriptionThis account of the Mafia`s infiltration of Wall Street uses as its chief source a fast-talking Staten Island kid named Louis Pasciuto who,... ISBN:1586211668 Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2003)
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Gary Weiss
Gary Weiss is an American
Education and early career
Weiss grew up in
Magazine articles
Between 1986 and 2004 Weiss wrote investigative articles for "Business Week", including cover stories on the dangers of the
Weiss wrote a cover story called "The Mob on Wall Street", published in December 1996, which described how New York's
Weiss's "Mob on Wall Street" and other "Business Week" stories were praised by then-
Books
"Born to Steal," published in 2003, reports on a
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"Wall Street Versus America," published in April 2006, is described as an "attack, using humor and ridicule" on the morality of Wall Street, its regulators and the financial press. The book is critical of
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In the book and in articles, Weiss singled out the
Weiss's comments on anti-naked-shorting activists has provoked some negative responses, including threats. [cite web
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Recent career
Weiss is a founding member of
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In November 2006, Weiss was named "
Weiss has also been a contributor to "
Books
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Other publications
* [http://search.forbes.com/search/colArchiveSearch?aname=Gary+Weiss&author=gary+and+weiss Gary Weiss' Muckraker column at Forbes.com]
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