In 2009, a chubby, mild-mannered graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business named Jho Low set in motion a fraud of unprecedented gall and magnitude--one that would come to symbolize the next great threat to the global financial system. Over a decade, Low, with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others, siphoned billions of dollars from an investment fund--right under the nose of global financial industry watchdogs. Low used the money to finance elections, purchase luxury real estate, throw champagne-drenched parties, and even to finance Hollywood films like The Wolf of Wall Street.
By early 2019, with his yacht and private jet reportedly seized by authorities and facing criminal charges in Malaysia and in the United States, Low had become an international fugitive, even as the U.S. Department of Justice continued its investigation.
BILLION DOLLAR WHALE has joined the ranks of Liar's Poker, Den of Thieves, and Bad Blood as a classic harrowing parable of hubris and greed in the financial world.
##【2020讀書計劃•009】八卦不少,這事到現在都沒完呢。海邊和蕭亞軒浪漫的約會,米蘭達可兒的男朋友,齣事後還在曼榖給張靚穎(Jane Zhang應該是她吧)慶生,最後試圖找綠地集團接盤未果……
評分膽大妄為,很多細節看得讓人目瞪口呆。認識其中一個配角,有種親曆曆史的感覺...
評分##八卦!力薦!盜國指南。
評分##投行貪婪律所邪惡,政客賺得口袋滿滿,對FCPA有瞭更深刻的認識。同時蕭亞軒米蘭達可兒和小李子這種人其實也算是某種程度上的共犯,你不能一邊享受著髒錢帶來的快樂一邊裝無辜呀。前天看到Low和DOJ settle瞭civil lawsuit,不知道未來的criminal會是什麼走嚮... (寫作層麵而言我覺得作者用瞭太多沒必要的插入語,倒裝句,讀起來比較吃力,敘述節奏在最後半段也有點拖拉,講金融那塊很多東西也沒講清楚,不過總體可讀性還好吧
評分##用精彩來描述詐騙實在是讓人唏噓。和Bad Blood相似的是背後華爾街大所不甚光彩的錶現
評分##一個馬來西亞人Jho Low 在馬來西亞前首相納吉撐腰下,勾結各種官商,空手套白狼(更甚是空手盜國)的故事,裏麵的情節隻會比crazy rich asian更囂張。跟萊昂納多成為朋友,投資瞭電影華爾街之狼,約會希爾頓大小姐、蕭亞軒、米蘭達可兒,生日會請到各種大牌明星,來往於紐約、洛杉磯、吉隆坡、新加坡等地,甚至失勢之後還可以自由來往泰國和中國(張靚穎還在他生日會上給他唱瞭生日歌?)有錢能使鬼推磨啊!
評分##哇,撐死膽大的。好精彩的周末讀物!
評分##一個馬來西亞人Jho Low 在馬來西亞前首相納吉撐腰下,勾結各種官商,空手套白狼(更甚是空手盜國)的故事,裏麵的情節隻會比crazy rich asian更囂張。跟萊昂納多成為朋友,投資瞭電影華爾街之狼,約會希爾頓大小姐、蕭亞軒、米蘭達可兒,生日會請到各種大牌明星,來往於紐約、洛杉磯、吉隆坡、新加坡等地,甚至失勢之後還可以自由來往泰國和中國(張靚穎還在他生日會上給他唱瞭生日歌?)有錢能使鬼推磨啊!
評分##剛讀完的一本書。IMDB這樣一個騙局,騙過瞭世界上那麼多金融機構,審計師,我能說是騙嗎?是smelling the profit makes them blind。書裏提到瞭Low的生活,買私人飛機,全年在飛機上度過的時間比在傢和酒店都多。開始我還有興趣算他買遊艇,珠寶,party的價格,後來乾脆懶得算瞭,反正很多錢就是。
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