Pulitzer 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.
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.
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In 1991 WSJ reporter James Stewart published DEN OF THIEVES, a scathing account of 1980s insider traders like Michael Milken. Many of these traders were Jewish. Alan Dershowitz called Stewart an antisemite. Beyond Dersh, was the Jewish mainstream apprehensive about this book?
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The extent to which I dorked out on first meeting James B. Stewart probably embarassed both of us. Hilariously, Martin Shkreli is a huge fan, too. We both loved Den of Thieves. (Martin wanted to be Ivan Boesky.) https://t.co/qP9AS7Uq9j