Den of Thieves - James B. Stewart

Now in paperback, the explosive #1 bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Front Page Editor of The Wall Street Journal that blows the lid off insider trading. With all the elements of a miniseries, Den of Thieves reveals how SEC agents and detectives caught the biggest crooks Wall Street has ever seen. Serial rights to The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, and The National Law Journal. 16 pages of photographs. \nA #1 bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thieves tells the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to justice. \nPulitzer Prize-winner James B. Stewart shows for the first time how four of the eighties' biggest names on Wall Street--Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine--created the greatest insider-trading ring in financial history and almost walked away with billions, until a team of downtrodden detectives triumphed over some of America's most expensive lawyers to bring this powerful quartet to justice. \n \n Based on secret grand jury transcripts, interviews, and actual trading records, and containing explosive new revelations about Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky, Den of Thieves weaves all the facts into an unforgettable narrative--a portrait of human nature, big business, and crime of unparalleled proportions.\n