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200 14$aThe con men $ea history of financial fraud and the lessons you can learn /$fLeo Gough
205   $a1st edition
210  1$aHarlow, England :$cPearson,$d[2013]
210  4$d©2013
215   $a1 online resource (ix, 209 pages) 
225 1 $aFinancial Times series
300   $aIncludes index.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aThe horror stories -- Our touching need for confidence -- Shiny new inventions and old tricks -- Sharks or maniacs? -- Yielding to temptation : the Allen Stanford story -- Shamanagement : financial wizardry to create paper profits -- Some deadly sins of investment : trusting false prophets, investing for the apocalypse and the money illusion -- Moral hazard in the system -- Due negligence: failing to do the analysis -- Funds are not all the same! -- All the books are cooked : the trouble with company accounts -- Safer strategies.
330 8 $aA history of financial fraud that includes topics such as the motives and methods of fraudsters, when and why frauds happen, how old scams can be repackaged, and the types of financial product that become vehicles for fraud.$bFinancial fraud, whether large or small is a persistent feature of the financial markets. If you scratch the surface of the investment world you'll find a continuous stream of major financial scandals which are almost unbelievable in the sheer scale of their subterfuge. The Con Men shines a spotlight on some of these gargantuan frauds from the last 25 years. It questions how these men did it, why they did it, how there were able to get away with it, proposes strategies and tactics so that the reader can avoid being swindled.
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