Robert Vesco From Wall Street to Castro's Cuba, The Rise, Fall, and Exile of the King of White Collar Crime
Biography & Memoir, Business, Political, Historical
| Author: | Arthur Herzog | ISBN: | 1230000004261 |
| Publisher: | leslie mandel enterprises, inc | Publication: | July 19, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Arthur Herzog |
| ISBN: | 1230000004261 |
| Publisher: | leslie mandel enterprises, inc |
| Publication: | July 19, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Today's high-flying, high-rolling conglomarateurs and corporate raiders are a tame lot compared to the most notorious of these, Robert Vesco, the Kingfish himself, who in 1973 fled the United States accused of looting $250 million from Investors Overseas Services. Now, in this riveting account, noted author Arthur Herzog tells the astounding story of this high school dropout from Detroit, who parlayed cunning, ambition, a brilliant mind, and above all other people's gullibility and money into a vast financial empire. At the end what followed was a desperate excape, and equally desperate chase by the FBI, CIA and SEC to the Bahamas, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and finally Havana, Cuba.
Today's high-flying, high-rolling conglomarateurs and corporate raiders are a tame lot compared to the most notorious of these, Robert Vesco, the Kingfish himself, who in 1973 fled the United States accused of looting $250 million from Investors Overseas Services. Now, in this riveting account, noted author Arthur Herzog tells the astounding story of this high school dropout from Detroit, who parlayed cunning, ambition, a brilliant mind, and above all other people's gullibility and money into a vast financial empire. At the end what followed was a desperate excape, and equally desperate chase by the FBI, CIA and SEC to the Bahamas, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and finally Havana, Cuba.
