Serpent on the Rock: Crime, Betrayal and the Terrible Secrets of Prudential Bache
Author: Kurt Eichenwald
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ISBN: 0887307205
Publisher: HarperCollins (July, 1995)
Sales Rank: 374,206
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
When will these men pay for their stealing and sins??
I am absolutely horrified, as I read this book because a recommendation of a colleague who knew of some business dealings I had with one of them men listed in this book. Never, in my wildest dreams did I ever think something like this could happen, but MOST ALL OF THESE MEN GOT AWAY WITH IT!!! One of the men, Fred Storaska is not only proud that he is published by name over and over in this book, but he is quick to brag about how he got away with it. People lost everything, and he walked away with millions. Apparently, his scam continues throughout some fictitious non-profit group called NOPRA. Now he started up a fundraiser called Q4i.com... all that have been doorway to unsuspecting people's pocket books. It is so sad that these people exist and have figured out how to successfully con people. Someone call the FBI, FTC and the police! These men belong in jail. 5 stars for Kurt Eichenwald's hard work in thorough research. Let's get a paddy wagon and round these boys up! A true to life "Boiler Room".
Rating: 5 out of 5
Is there no justice?
I found the Serpent on the Rock by Kurt Eichenwald extremely compelling and well researched. Through the greed of "low-life, sub-human trash" like James J. Darr and Clifton Stone Harrison, honest and hard working people in this country and abroad, were completely depleted of all their retirement investment and income. What really got my goat is that they both walked away from their billion dollars fraud, scot-free. Darr,this pompous egotistical, arrogant worm, is said to still receives a lifetime pension income, as per his contract with Prudential Securities, ranging in the $200,000 per year. Who said crime doesn't pay. Thanks to the "don't-ever-give-up" attitude of Wayne Klein, William McLucas and the likes, Prudential Insurance was forced after more than a decade, to pay back ...(at least a percentage of it)... the billion dollars stolen from their trusted investors. Bravo guys for a hard job, well done!
Rating: 5 out of 5
A great thriller
This is a story that I missed when it first came out -- but I went back to it after reading Eichenwald's new book, The Informant. This is fabulous -- full of twists and turns, a real legal thriller. The new book is better, but this one still kept me up late at night. Similar Products
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