A history of financial fraud and the lessons you can learn
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Köp båda 2 för 526 krLeo Goughs book The Con Men is something that has needed to be written for a very long time. It gives a potted history of the major frauds that have been perpetrated on the investing public, who have lost masses of their hard earned capital, and who have no redress for the theft of their money.
Charles Vintcent, author of Investing for Recovery (FT Publishing, 2010)
Leo Gough was the editor of two investment newsletters during the 1990's, 'The Zurich Club' and 'Taipan' for Fleet Street Publications. Since 1997 he has spent much of his time in the Asia/Pacific region, working with banks, such as Citibank, and consultancy firms, such as AT Kearney. Currently Leo is working in management consultancy in the Middle East. He is the author of more than 20 books on personal finance and investment.
Introduction
About the author
Acknowledgements
Part One A brief but efficient history of trickery
Chapter 1 The horror stories
Bernie Madoff
Allen Stanford
Could you have spotted a problem?
Lessons from the past
If you cant trust the analysts and the auditors, who can you trust?
Chapter 2 Our touching need for confidence
Insider trading
Ivan Boesky and Dennis Levine
Robert Vesco
Plus a change. . .
Chapter 3 Shiny new inventions and old tricks
Ponzi and Pump and Dump schemes
The SEC and Bernard Madoff
Further SEC investigations
Some frauds just never go away
Part Two Lets go to work: the confidence men in action
Chapter 4 Sharks or maniacs?
Are some financial fraudsters psychopaths?
Routine activity theory
Nigerian scams a different type of fraudster altogether?
The problem with plausibility
Chapter 5 Yielding to temptation: the Allen Stanford story
Offshore jurisdictions
Good old boys
Making sense of Stanford
Chapter 6 Shamanagement: financial wizardry to create paper profits
The Olympus scandal
The man who became the Man from Del Monte
Investors versus business shamans
Part Three Why we get the swindlers we deserve
Chapter 7 Some deadly sins of investment: trusting false prophets,
investing for the Apocalypse and the money illusion
Selling the sizzle, not the steak
Gold bugs: waiting for Armageddon
The money illusion
You can fool some of the people all of the time
Chapter 8 Moral hazard in the system
The LIBOR scandal
The swindling of Jefferson County, Alabama
Surviving the banks
Chapter 9 Due negligence: failing to do the analysis
Harry Markopolos and Bernie Madoff
A word on funds and funds of funds
Due diligence always matters
Part Four How to avoid being swindled
Chapter 10 Funds are not all the same!
The Bayou hedge fund fraud
Avoiding...