No one would listen : a true financial thriller / Harry Markopolos with Frank Casey ... [et al.] ; [foreword by David Einhorn].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Markopolos, Harry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ponzi schemes--United States.

Ponzi schemes.

Investment advisors--Corrupt practices--United States.

Investment advisors.

Hedge funds--United States.

Hedge funds.

Securities fraud--United States--Prevention.

Securities fraud.

United States. Securities and Exchange Commission--Rules and practice.

United States.

Madoff, Bernard L.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Harry Markopolos and his team of financial sleuths discuss first-hand how they cracked the Madoff Ponzi scheme No One Would Listen is the thrilling story of how the Harry Markopolos, a little-known number cruncher from a Boston equity derivatives firm, and his investigative team uncovered Bernie Madoff's scam years before it made headlines, and how they desperately tried to warn the government, the industry, and the financial press. Page by page, Markopolos details his pursuit of the greatest financial criminal in history, and reveals the massive fraud, governmental incompetence, and crimin

Contents:

""No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller""; ""Contents""; ""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 Resource Guide for the Classroom and Beyond""; ""A Note on Sources""; ""About the Author""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780470625767

0470625767

9780470625361

0470625368

OCLC:

728664848