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The Wizard of Lies

Diana B. Henriques

How did one man run a giant Ponzi scheme on Wall Street for years, and why did so many smart people want to believe him?

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Author
Diana B. Henriques

Why read it

  • You will see how a hunger for returns makes smart people overlook warning signs
  • You will learn the warning signs that regulators and investors missed, so you can spot them with your own money
  • You will know what a fraud like this does to the people who trusted it

Who it is for

  • An investor who wants to avoid trusting the wrong person
  • A finance or compliance worker who checks other people's claims
  • A reader of true crime and business stories

Contents

  1. CAST OF CHARACTERS
  2. PROLOGUE
  3. 1. An Earthquake on Wall Street
  4. 2. Becoming Bernie
  5. 3. The Hunger for Yield
  6. 4. The Big Four
  7. 5. The Cash Spigot
  8. 6. What They Wanted to Believe
  9. 7. Warning Signs
  10. 8. A Near-Death Experience
  11. 9. Madoff’s World
  12. 10. The Year of Living Dangerously
  13. 11. Waking Up in the Rubble
  14. 12. Reckoning the Damage
  15. 13. Net Winners and Net Losers
  16. 14. The Sins of the Father
  17. 15. The Wheels of Justice
  18. 16. Hope, Lost and Found
  19. 17. The Long Road Forward
  20. EPILOGUE

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