Con Men, The
a history of financial fraud and the lessons you can learn
$78.48
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2013
Summary
Financial fraud, whether large or small is a persistent feature of the financial markets. If you scratch the surface of the investment world you’ll find a continuous stream of major financial scandals which are almost unbelievable in the sheer scale of their subterfuge. The Con Men shines a spotlight on some of these gargantuan frauds from the last 25 years. It questions how these men did it, why they did it, how there were able to get away with it, proposes strate…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780273751342 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0273751344 |
| Series: | Financial Times Series |
| Author: | Leo Gough |
| Publisher: | Pearson Education Limited |
| Imprint: | FT Publishing International |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 154mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
Leo Gough’s 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)
About The Author
Leo Gough
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.
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