Vesco

Today'S High-Flying High-Rolling Conglomarateurs And Corporate Raiders Are A Tame Lot Compared To Their Immediate Predecessors. The Most Notorious Of These Is Robert Vesco The Kingfish Himself Who In 1973 Fled The United States Accused Of Looting $250 Million From Investors Overseas Services. Now In This Riveting Account Noted Author Arthur Herzog Tells The Astounding Story Of This High School Dropout From Detroit Who Parlayed Cunning Ambition A Brilliant Mind And Above All Other People'S Gullibility And Money Into A Vast Financial Empire. Vesco'S Was A Different Kind Of White Collar Crime. Indeed There Are Many Today Who Think He Is Not A Criminal At All Just A Victim Of The Sec (See Everything Crooked). Working Narrowly Within The System Vesco Joined Together Smaller Companies To Form Ever Larger Ones; Then Driving Up The Price Of Stocks He Attracted Investors By The Thousands Worldwide. When At Last The Dream Fell Apart He Got Out Before Being Thrown In Jail. What Followed Was A Desperate Escape And An Equally Desperate Chase By The Fbi Cia And Sec To The Bahamas Nicaragua Costa Rica And Finally Havana Cuba Where Vesco Now Lives Under The Protection Of Fidel Castro.