By Barry Minkow
ISBN-10: 1418551651
ISBN-13: 9781418551650
Before he was once even sufficiently old to drink, he had financial institution money owed, a Ferrari, a mansion, a multi–million buck company, and a determined little secret...it was once all a lie. such a lot people cannot think lifestyles getting a lot worse than it obtained for Barry Minkow, the one–time Wall highway wiz child who catapulted his corporation to stardom and luck purely to work out it uncovered as a $300–million fraud. such a lot folks cannot think spending greater than seven years in federal legal and popping out owing sufferers $26 million. so much people cannot think our careers altering from FBI objective to FBI coach, from CEO to senior pastor, from con guy to con catcher. Or can we? now we have all slipped up. we've got all failed. Cleaning Up is Barry Minkow's comeback story–a robust a story of redemption and notion, of moment probabilities and atmosphere issues correct. greater than a decade from defrauding traders, this day, as cofounder of the Fraud Discovery Institute, he is exposed over 1000000000 funds worthy of...
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That only left money. My only shot was money. If you did not have looks and were not a great athlete, there was still the possibility of landing a date with a cheerleader if you had money, especially if you had a nice car to go with it. ” I realize that language has changed since I was in high school, and that today, the word bomb can actually refer to something good, but in 1983 that term denoted anything but. My Buick was called “The Bomb” because it looked like one had hit it. An ugly gray primer covered the side panels; carpet cleaning equipment hung out the window of the back seat.
Every red flag for fraud was prevalent in this deal and I had just begun making calls. Before ending the call, Japp gave me three more investors’ names and their phone numbers. Three hours later, I had talked to a total of eleven investors in the Financial Advisory Consultants growth and income funds. Most of these investors had high six- and seven-figure investments with Lewis for many years and had brought all of their family members and friends into the fund. Additionally, the people I talked to shared a common desire to increase their principle investments, just like Fred Kirshner and his father.
Fresh Cash 5. Ron Returns 6. Financial Frenzy 7. Financial Fix 8. Bad Serve 9. Into the Abyss 10. End of the Road SECOND CHANCE 11. Starting with an “A” 12. Choices 13. Reality Checks Bounce 14. Born Again Until You’re Out Again 15. Living in a Fishbowl 16. Failure, Again 17. The Perfect Fraud Storm 18. The Cure, Part One 19. The Cure, Part Two 20. The Greed Blindfold 21. The Past Rides Again 22. Matches To Lisa, my loving wife and best friend who always chose to focus on my potential rather than my past.