Born to Steal: When the Mafia Hit Wall Street bohegfnc Audio Books : Misc. Educational : AAC : English Born to Steal: When the Mafia Hit Wall Street Abridged: 5 hrs and 49 mins By: Gary Weiss Narrated by: Frank Whaley Publisher's Summary This is the astounding, true story of the rise and fall of a fast-talking stock hustler, as well as a shocking portrait of the insidious ways the Mob infiltrates and fleeces Wall Street. From outrageous scams to out-of-control strip-club parties, Born to Steal takes you inside the lives of brash young men who flaunt their ignorance of stocks, bonds, and PE ratios even as they become the perfect foot soldiers in a vast campaign to separate honest people from their money. Trading his jeans and T-shirt for a $90 suit, Louis Pasciuto arrived on Wall Street in 1992 to join a "chop house," a crooked brokerage firm set up by a charismatic Mob-connected overlord. Working outof seventeen brokerage firms, Louis sold often worthless or nonexistent stocks to gullible retirees right under the nose of financial regulators. Stuffing his money into a mayonnaise jar - because he didn't have a clue how to invest it - he was quickly making thousands of dollars a day, and ready to strike out on his own. But a shark wanted a piece of Louis's action. Enter Charlie Ricottone, a mobster straight out of The Sopranos, who pummeled people in public, painted his bald spot in private, and was just the advance guard of a money-hungry army of wiseguys. Suddenly Louis's lifestyle - the stripper girlfriend, his looming marriage to an entirely different woman, the Rolexes, Armanis, celebrity friends, orgies, and three-day cocaine binges - was about to go up in smoke. When the violence escalated and the FBI finally stepped in, Louis had to pull off the ultimate heist: join the Feds and steal back his life. What the Critics Say "Fast-moving, tragic, funny, highly entertaining." (AudioFile) "A remarkable glimpse into the essentially lawless, virtually unregulated turf of easily manipulated penny stocks...and...broker strategies." (St. Petersburg Times) Follow the checkered career of one Louis Pasciuto, a New Jersey nobody who falls in love with sleazy junk stock dealing at age 18 and begins cleaning up by cleaning suckers out. Before you can say Rolex, he's driving slick cars and living the high life of a lowlife who has more money than he can deal with. The story arc is reminiscent of Scorsese's GOODFELLAS, with the protagonist finding himself in over his head with the Mob. It's all gripping work by actor Frank Whaley, who effortlessly downshifts to Pasciuto's Jersey whine whenever it's called for. Fast-moving, tragic, funny, highly entertaining. (AudioFile 2003) All shared audio books are conversions from purchased downloads. The original files are processed via Nero and Noteburner (mid-size coding) to AAC then bookmarked and 'chapterized' by way of MarkAble2 to M4B format. Run times are within seconds of the 'masters'. Listen with iPod, iTunes, VLCMedia Player, Foobar, GOM, QuickTime, WinAmp or any other hardware/software recognizing MP4 format. --- M4B: slightly smaller format, moderately improved quality, plus bookmarking; a real benefit for literature listening. Converting several hundred audio books means possible errors. If you find a problem, please PM me. Size: 131.65 MB http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2185523/9297126/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/shadowgovernment?hl=en.
