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Billion dollar whale, the man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the world, Tom Wright & Bradley Hope

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Tom Wright & Bradley Hope

the man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the world

The definitive inside account of the "extraordinary" (Financial Times) 1MDB scandal, "a true life thriller" (Ben Mezrich) about a "modern Gatsby" who managed to swindle over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others'a "must read" (Booklist) "epic tale" (Publishers Weekly) that exposes the secret nexus of elite wealth, banking, Hollywood, and politics from two award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters. In 2009, with the dust yet to settle on the financial crisis, a baby-faced, seemingly mild-mannered Wharton grad began setting in motion a fraud of unprecedented gall and magnitude'one that would come to symbolize the next great threat to the global financial system. His name is Jho Low, a man whose behavior was so preposterous he might seem made up. An epic true-tale of hubris and greed, Billion Dollar Whale reveals how this young social climber pulled off one of the biggest heists in history'right under the nose of the global financial industry. Federal agents who helped unravel Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme say the 1MDB affair will become the textbook case of financial fraud in the modern age'and its fallout is already being credited for taking down the prime minister of Malaysia. With his yacht and private jet reportedly seized by authorities and facing money-laundering charges in Malaysia, an Interpol red notice, and an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice Investigation, Low has become an international fugitive. For readers of Liar's Poker, Den of Thieves, and Bad Blood, Billion Dollar Whale will become a classic, harrowing parable about finance run amok

Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Dedication; Epigraph; Authors' Note; Cast of Characters; Prologue; PART I THE INVENTION OF JHO LOW; Chapter 1. Fake Photos; Chapter 2. Asian Great Gatsby; Chapter 3. Win Tons of Money; Chapter 4. We're Going to Need a Bigger Van; Chapter 5. A Nice Toy; Chapter 6. Doctor Leissner, I Presume; Chapter 7. Saudi "Royalty" (The First Heist); Chapter 8. Hitting a Gold Mine; Chapter 9. "I Feel the Earth Move"; PART II OVERNIGHT BILLIONAIRE; Chapter 10. An Evening with the Playmates; Chapter 11. Raining Cristal; Chapter 12. How to Spend a BillionChapter 13. Where's Our Money?Chapter 14. Roll the Presses; Chapter 15. Welcome to New York; Chapter 16. Shitty, Junk Products; Chapter 17. My Good Friend, Leo; Chapter 18. Two-Million-Euro Bottle Parade; Chapter 19. "Keep Your Nonsense to Yourself"; Chapter 20. Belfort Smells a Scam; Chapter 21. Bitter Severance; Chapter 22. Penthouse with a View; Chapter 23. Switzerland of the East; Chapter 24. Brazen Sky; Chapter 25. Goldman and the Sheikh (The Second Heist); Chapter 26. Bilking the State; PART III EMPIRE; Chapter 27. Making Busta His Bitch; Chapter 28. All the Wealth in the WorldChapter 29. Mystique of the OrientChapter 30. "681 American Pies" (The Third Heist); Chapter 31. Art No One Can See; Chapter 32. Jewelers and Bankers; Chapter 33. Bona Fide Business; Chapter 34. 140 Gigabytes; Chapter 35. Leo's Wall Street Indictment; Chapter 36. The Oval Office; Chapter 37. Size Matters; Chapter 38. Losing Control; PART IV BONFIRE OF SECRETS; Chapter 39. "No Cash. No Deal."; Chapter 40. Generous Jho; Chapter 41. Sacks of Money; Chapter 42. The Exposé; Chapter 43. Buttocks in a G-String; Chapter 44. Strongman Najib; PART V THE CAPTAIN'S RESOLVEChapter 45. Prosecutor in an Oil DrumChapter 46. Special Agent Bill McMurry; Chapter 47. Partying on the Run; Chapter 48. China Connection; Chapter 49. Glass Half Full; Chapter 50. White-Collar Crime; Chapter 51. King Khadem Falls; Epilogue; Photos; Acknowledgments; Newsletters