Further reading
Antar, S., www.whitecollarfraud.com – Sam Antar’s views on Crazy Eddie Inc.
Arvedlund, E., Too Good to Be True: The Rise and Fall of Bernie Madoff, New York, 2009.
Babiak, P. and Hare, R. D., Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths go to Work, New York, 2006.
Barchard, D., Asil Nadir and the Rise and Fall of Polly Peck, London, 1992.
Brummer, A., The Crunch: The Scandal of Northern Rock and the Escalating Credit Crisis, London, 2008.
Burrough, B., ‘Pirate of the Caribbean’, Vanity Fair, Vol. 51, No.7 (3 June 2009), pp. 51-76, reprinted in Graydon Carter, The Great Hangover: 21 Tales of the New Recession, New York, 2010, pp. 251-275.
Butterfield, S., Amway: the Cult of Free Enterprise, New York, 1985.
Campbell, D., and Griffin, S., ‘Enron and the End of Corporate Governance’ in S. MacLeod (ed.), Global Governance and the Quest for Justice, Oxford, 2006, pp. 47–72.
Cleckley, H., The Mask of Sanity, 5th ed. St Louis, MO, 1976.
Culp, C. and Hanke, S., ‘Empire of the sun: an economic interpretation of Enron’s energy business’, Policy Analysis No. 470, Cato Institute, Washington DC, 2003.
Dalmady, A., ‘Duck Tales’, VenEconomy Monthly (January 2009), pp. 11-15.
Deakin, S. and Konzelmann, S., ‘After Enron: an age of enlightenment?’, Organization, 13, 2003, pp. 583-587.
Drew, J. and Drew, M., ‘Who was Swimming Naked when the Tide went out? Introducing Criminology to the Finance Curriculum’, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia. 2011.
Elfrink, T., ‘SEC Says Texas Financier Sir Allen Stanford Swindled Investors Out of Billions’, Dallas Observer (Texas), 9 April 2009.
Ferguson, C., Beck, C. and Bolt, A., ‘Inside Job’, transcript of documentary film, Sony Pictures, 2010. www.sonyclassics.com/awards-information/insidejob_screenplay.pdf
FitzPatrick, R. and Reynolds, J., False Profits: Seeking Financial and Spiritual Deliverance in Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Schemes, Charlotte, N.C., 1997.
Fusaro, P. and Miller, R., What Went Wrong at Enron, London, 2002.
Groia, J., Badley, J. and Jones, A., The Aftermath of Bre-X: The Industry’s Reaction to the Decision and the Lessons We All Have Learned, a paper prepared for the PDAC Conference, Toronto, March 4, 2008. www.groiaco.com/pdf/The_Aftermath_of_Bre-X_Mar_4-08.pdf
Hare, R. D., Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of Psychopaths Among Us, New York, 1998.
Henriques, D., The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust, London, 2011.
Herzog, A., Vesco: From Wall Street to Castro’s Cuba, the Rise, Fall, and Exile of the King of White Collar Crime, New York, 1987.
Hodgson, G., Page, B. and Raw, C., Do You Sincerely Want To Be Rich?, New York, 1971.
Lawson, G., Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street’s Wildest Con, New York, 2013.
Lewis, M., Liar’s Poker, London, 1990.
Lowenstein, R., When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management, London, 2001.
Madoff Mack, S., The End of Normal: A Wife’s Anguish, A Widow’s New Life, New York, 2012.
Markopolos, H., No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller, Hoboken, N.J., 2010.
McLean, B. and Elkind, P., The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron, New York, 2004.
Mollenkamp, C. and Norman, L., ‘British bankers group steps up review of widely used Libor’, Wall Street Journal, 17 April 2008, p. C7.
Mollenkamp, C. and Whitehouse, M., ‘Study casts doubt on key rate; WSJ analysis suggests banks may have reported flawed interest data for Libor’, Wall Street Journal, 29 May 2008, p. A1.
Peel, M., Nigeria-Related Financial Crime and its links with Britain, Chatham House, London, 2006.
SEC, ‘Report of Investigation: Investigation of the SEC’s Response to Concerns Regarding Robert Allen Stanford’s Alleged Ponzi Scheme’, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Inspector General, Case No. OIG-526, New York, 31 March 2010.
Shafir, E., Diamond, P. and Tversky, A., ‘Money Illusion’, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 112, Issue 2, May 1997, pp 341-374.
Sorkin, A., Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves, New York, 2010.
Staley, K., The Art of Short Selling, New York, 1997.
Taibbi, M., ‘Looting Main Street’, Rolling Stone, 31 March 2010.
Valentine, D., ‘Pyramid Schemes’, Prepared statement presented at the International Monetary Fund’s Seminar on Current Legal Issues Affecting Central Banks, Washington D.C., 13 May 1998. www.ftc.gov/speeches/other/dvimf16.shtm
Woodford, M., Exposure: Inside the Olympus Scandal: How I Went from CEO to Whistleblower, London, 2012.
Court cases
Many court documents relating to high-profile financial cases are now made available via the websites of official receivers, financial regulators, and other professional and governmental bodies, including:
www.stanfordfinancialreceivership.com
The receiver for Stanford International Bank
US Department of Justice
Excellent US public service TV, good for government hearings.
www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Home.aspx
The UK’s Parliament TV provides good coverage of recent inquiries into financial scandals.
The receiver for the Madoff funds
The Financial Services Authority
The Financial Conduct Authority
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)
Selected cases
(Note: this is a small selection of the very large number of cases relating to the frauds covered in this book. Much of these materials are available on the internet, but as their URLs may change they are not given here – the best way to find them is by searching for the case in the websites listed above, or by using a search engine or a legal database such as LEXIS if you have access).
Pendergest-Holt v Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 108920 (S.D. Tex. Oct. 13, 2010).
SEC v Stanford Int’l Bank, Ltd., Case No. 3:09-cv-0298-N (N.D. Tex. Mar. 12, 2009).
Adams v Stanford, Case No. 4:09-cv-00474 ( S.D. Tex. 2009).
Stanford Group Co. v Tidwell (In re Stanford Group Co.), 273 S.W.3d 807 (Tex. App. Houston 14th Dist. 2008).
United States v Davis, Criminal Case No. H-09-335 (U.S. District Court, S.D. Tex., August 27, 2009).
United States v Stanford, Criminal Action No. H-09-342-1 (S.D. Tex. 2009).