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Billion dollar whale : the man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the world / Tom Wright and Bradley Hope.

by Wright, Tom.

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Hachette Books, 2018.

364.163092 W953b

Low, Jho, 1952-

Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography.

Fraud -- United States.

Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)

9780316436502 (hc.)

xiii, 379 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

The invention of jho low -- Fake photos -- Asian great gatsby -- Win tons of money -- We're going to need a bigger van -- A nice toy -- Doctor Leissner, I presume -- Saudi "royalty" (the first heist) -- Hitting a goldmine -- "I feel the earth move" -- Overnight billionaire -- Chapter tenan evening with the playmates -- Raining cristal -- How to spend a billion -- Where's our money? -- Roll the presses -- Welcome to new york -- Shitty, junk products -- My good friend, Leo -- Two-million-euro bottle parade -- "Keep your nonsense to yourself" -- Belfort smells a scam -- Bitter severance -- Penthouse with a view -- Switzerland of the East -- Brazen sky -- Goldman and the sheikh (the second heist) -- Bilking the state -- Part three-empire -- Making busta his bitch -- All the wealth in the world -- Mystique of the orient -- "681 American pies" (the third heist) -- One art no one can see -- Two jewelers and bankers -- Bona fide business -- 140 gigabytes -- Leo's wall street indictment -- The oval office -- Size matters -- Losing control -- End of the road -- "No cash. No deal." -- Generous Jho -- Sacks of cash -- The expose -- Chapter fort-three bonfire of secrets -- Strongman najib -- The truth emerges -- Prosecutor in an oil drum -- Special agent bill McMurry -- Partying on the run -- Chapter forty-eightchina connection -- Chapter forty-nineglass half full -- Chapter fiftyfrayed ends -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments.

"The definitive inside account of the "extraordinary" (Financial Times) 1MDB scandal, "a true life thriller" (Ben Mezrich) about a "modern Gatsby" who managed to swindle over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others--a "must read" (Booklist) "epic tale" (Publishers Weekly) that exposes the secret nexus of elite wealth, banking, Hollywood, and politics from two award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters. In 2009, with the dust yet to settle on the financial crisis, a baby-faced, seemingly mild-mannered Wharton grad began setting in motion a fraud of unprecedented gall and magnitude--one that would come to symbolize the next great threat to the global financial system. His name is Jho Low, a man whose behavior was so preposterous he might seem made up. An epic true-tale of hubris and greed, Billion Dollar Whale reveals how this young social climber pulled off one of the biggest heists in history--right under the nose of the global financial industry. Federal agents who helped unravel Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme say the 1MDB affair will become the textbook case of financial fraud in the modern age--and its fallout is already being credited for taking down the prime minister of Malaysia. With his yacht and private jet reportedly seized by authorities and facing money-laundering charges in Malaysia, an Interpol red notice, and an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice Investigation, Low has become an international fugitive. For readers of Liar's Poker, Den of Thieves, and Bad Blood, Billion Dollar Whale will become a classic, harrowing parable about finance run amok."--From publisher.

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