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"Corporate lawyer Elizabeth Carlyle is under pressure. Her prestigious New York law firm is working on a high-stakes case, defending a prominent bank that's been accused of fraud. When Elizabeth gets the news that one of her junior associates has lost his phone - and the secret documents that were on it - she needs help. Badly. Enter ex-CIA officer Valencia Walker, a high-priced fixer who gets called in when wealthy corporations, people and governments...
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"March 14th, 2012 was a typical day for Emma Simpson, a successful portfolio manager running the Manhattan office of a big-time hedge fund. Emma followed her usual routine, interacting with coworkers and clients before returning to her quiet family home in the Hudson Valley, where she lives with her husband and two children. But more than a year later, Emma's world is forever changed--all because of a short email she dashed off on her way home that...
4) Wired
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A fast-paced thriller which delves into the murky world of high-risk bank fraud. Louise is a young, fun-loving single mother who's been recently promoted. But unsuspecting Louise has been targeted as part of a conspiracy to coerce her into facilitating a 250million internet bank theft. At the heart of her troubles is best friend Anna, who has been seduced by the glamour of the criminal underworld and is persuaded to divulge the secrets of Louise's...
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"The ... bizarre and sinister story of how a math genius named Tom Hayes, a handful of outrageous confederates, and a deeply corrupt banking system ignited one of the greatest financial scandals in history. In 2006, an oddball group of bankers, traders and brokers from some of the world's largest financial institutions made a startling realization: Libor-- the London interbank offered rate, which determines the interest rates on trillions in loans...
8) KGB banker
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"When financial executive Bob Vanags takes a job at ominous Turaida Bank in Latvia, he hopes to learn of his heritage and to fight economic fraud in Eastern Europe. Instead, Bob finds himself pulled into a world of political intrigue, blackmail, and murder. Aided by his son David, his beautiful colleague Agnese, and a fearless Latvian journalis named Santa Ezerin̦a, Bob begins to unravel his employer's darkest secrets, discovering their sins and...
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Acclaimed director Steve James tells the saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus becomes the only bank prosecuted after the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forces the Sung family to defend themselves, and their bank's legacy in the Chinatown community, over the course of a five-year...
10) The untouchables
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Looks into reasons why, despite apparent evidence of fraudulent practices, none of the CEOs of the banks cited for responsibility for the 2008-2009 financial crisis were prosecuted for any crimes.
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"A bestselling financial reporter exposes the decades-long banking conspiracy that swindled ordinary investors out of billions. Following her national bestseller Too Good to Be True, the inside story of the Bernie Madoff scandal, Erin Arvedlund brings her reporting chops and deep financial expertise to the first book to tell the full story of the Libor scandal. In 2012, news broke that a group of young, chummy bankers had, for years, been colluding...
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