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No One Would Listen:

A True Financial Thriller
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John Wiley & Sons, Jan 29, 2010 - Business & Economics - 304 pages
Harry Markopolos and his team of financial sleuths discuss first-hand how they cracked the Madoff Ponzi scheme

No One Would Listen is the thrilling story of how the Harry Markopolos, a little-known number cruncher from a Boston equity derivatives firm, and his investigative team uncovered Bernie Madoff's scam years before it made headlines, and how they desperately tried to warn the government, the industry, and the financial press.

Page by page, Markopolos details his pursuit of the greatest financial criminal in history, and reveals the massive fraud, governmental incompetence, and criminal collusion that has changed thousands of lives forever-as well as the world's financial system.

  • The only book to tell the story of Madoff's scam and the SEC's failings by those who saw both first hand
  • Describes how Madoff was enabled by investors and fiduciaries alike
  • Discusses how the SEC missed the red flags raised by Markopolos

Despite repeated written and verbal warnings to the SEC by Harry Markopolos, Bernie Madoff was allowed to continue his operations. No One Would Listen paints a vivid portrait of Markopolos and his determined team of financial sleuths, and what impact Madoff's scam will have on financial markets and regulation for decades to come.

  

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Review: No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller

User Review  - Don - Goodreads

Prior to reading this book, I was familiar with the inability of The Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC") to effectively regulate the financial markets. The term to describe this malaise is "Deep ... Read full review

Review: No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller

User Review  - Angie Martin - Goodreads

Wow! What an interesting book! Every has heard of the Madoff scandal but I had no idea of the magnitude of the fraud and how blatantly the SEC ignored Markopolos' tips. Although he discusses the ... Read full review

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Contents

A True Financial Thriller Introduction
1
A True Financial Thriller Chapter 1 A Red Wagon in a Field of Snow
5
A True Financial Thriller Chapter 2 The Slot Machine That Kept Coming Up Cherries
33
A True Financial Thriller Chapter 3 Falling Down the Rabbit Hole
61
A True Financial Thriller Chapter 4 Finding More Peters to Pay Paul
89
A True Financial Thriller Chapter 5 The Goddess of Justice Wears a Blindfold
117
A True Financial Thriller Chapter 6 Didnt Anyone Want a Pulitzer?
147
A True Financial Thriller Chapter 7 More Red Flags Than the Soviet Union
175
A True Financial Thriller Epilogue Mr Pinkslip Goes to Washington
267
A True Financial Thriller Appendix A Madoff Tops Charts Skeptics Ask How
287
A True Financial Thriller Appendix B The Worlds Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud
297
A True Financial Thriller Appendix C Online Resource Guide for the Classroom and Beyond
333
A True Financial Thriller A Note on Sources
335
A True Financial Thriller About the Author
337
A True Financial Thriller Acknowledgments
339
A True Financial Thriller Index
345

A True Financial Thriller Chapter 8 Closing the Biggest Barn Door in Wall Street History
203
A True Financial Thriller Chapter 9 Soaring Like an Eagle Surrounded by Turkeys
237
A True Financial Thriller Photo Insert
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About the author (2010)

HARRY MARKOPOLOS, a former securities industry executive turned independent financial fraud investigator, was the whistleblower who provided credible and detailed evidence several times from 2000–2008 that should have prompted an immediate investigation by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission into Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme. Markopolos's investigation was assisted by his investigative team, including Frank Casey, Neil Chelo, and Michael Ocrant. The retelling of their true story was assisted by David Fisher.

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