BILLION DOLLAR WHALE THE MAN WHO FOOLED WALL STREET, HOLLYWOOD, and the WORLD

• Main Authors: Hope, Bradley (Author), Wright, Tom (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Hachette Books 2018
• Edition: Biography : English : First edition
• Subjects: Low, Jho, > 1981-; Swindlers and swindling > Biography > United States > New York (State); Fraud > United States > New York (State)
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The definitive inside account of the 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, exposing the secret nexus of elite wealth, banking, Hollywood, and politics--from two a...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. The invention of Jho Low. Fake photos ; Asian Great Gatsby ; Win tons of money ; We're going to need a bigger van ; A nice toy ; Doctor Leissner, I presume ; Saudi "royalty" (the first heist) ; Hitting a goldmine ; "I feel the earth move"
• Part II. Overnight billionaire. An evening with the playmates ; Raining Cristal ; How to spend a billion ; Where's our money? ; Roll the presses ; Welcome to New York ; Shitty, junk products ; My good friend, Leo ; Two-million-euro bottle parade ; "Keep your nonsense to yourself" ; Belfort smells a scam ; Bitter severance ; Penthouse with a view ; Switzerland of the East ; Brazen sky ; Goldman and the sheikh (the second heist) ; Bilking the state
• Part III. Empire. Making Busta his bitch ; All the wealth in the world ; Mystique of the orient ; "681 American pies" (the third heist) ; Art no one can see ; Jewelers and bankers ; Bona fide business ; 140 gigabytes ; Leo's Wall Street indictment ; The Oval Office ; Size matters ; Losing control
• Part IV. Bonfire of secrets. "No cash. No deal." ; Generous Jho ; Sacks of money ; The exposé ; Buttocks in a g-string ; Strongman Najib
• Part V. The captain's resolve. Prosecutor in an oil drum ; Special Agent Bill McMurry
• Partying on the run ; China connection ; Glass half full ; White-collar crime ; King Khadem falls.