Games of Greed

After the international success of "From Tulips to Bitcoins: About the Biggest Financial Bubbles in History," Torsten Dennin now turns his attention to the themes of greed and fraud. In his book, he gathers the most exciting, extraordinary, and absurd cases that are unparalleled, shedding light on the madness surrounding the revelations of the Pandora and Panama Papers, the scandals involving Enron, Worldcom, Wirecard, and the outrageous stock market dealings of Jordan Belfort, the "Wolf of Wall Street." From Ponzi schemes and crypto scams to the largest art thefts and full-blown kleptocracies, the history of financial scandals is rich with colorful characters, seemingly god-like rises, and at least equally spectacular falls. Fascinating and entertaining stories that document the depths of the human soul and can serve as a cautionary tale for our society, where greed repeatedly causes people to lose their heads.