Born to Steal: When the Mafia Hit Wall Street - Softcover

Weiss, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446613983 ISBN 13: 9780446613989

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, 2004

Synopsis

Hood brokers. Monthly million dollar paychecks. Thirty-six-hour cocaine binges. 'Rocky' themed pep rallies. Run-ins with Mafia thugs toting Mac 10 machine pistols. This was the life of Louis Pasciuto, a fast-talking Staten Island kid who, from age 19 to 25, moved stocks for 17 different brokerage houses - most of the time without even a fake licence. This inside account of the Mafia's infiltration of Wall Street details Louis' career as the consummate liar, selling phantom stocks to naive Americans and leading a lifestyle worthy of Caligula. To avoid a long prison sentence, Pasciuto eventually became state witness. Gary Weiss shares the inside story of Wall Street's notorious 'chop houses', best known as the crooked Mob-run brokerages, where rampant thievery netted several billion dollars from gullible investors.

About this title

Review:

'Riveting, captivating, juicy' NEW YORK TIMES 'Think WISEGUY meets WALL STREET, or THE SOPRANOS of stocks. BORN TO STEAL is a rip-roaring read.' John Rothschild, co-author of ONE UP ON WALL STREET

About the Author:

Gary Weiss is an investigative reporter for Business Week whose series on the Mafia and Wall Street was a finalist for National Magazine Award and many more.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0446613983
• ISBN 13: 9780446613989
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 336