The Salad Oil King: An American Tale Of Greed Gone Mad

An uniquely American tale of Greed-Gone-Mad. Inspired by real events that took place in the 1940-60's. An unpretentious, diminutive Manhattan-born high school drop-out named Alfonso Gravenese morphs into one of the great scam artists in American financial history. Watch "Fonso" graduate from a modest childhood scam into an executive who initially steals hundreds of millions of dollars from Federal domestic and international aid programs. And ultimately becomes a cunning entrepreneur who creates a $14 billion Wall Street scam that halts NYSE trading and destroys two venerable brokerage firms. Along the way, you meet an unforgettable collection of friends, enemies and accomplices. Notably benevolent Mobsters, a jealous and compliant wife, a vicious yet oddly romantic right-hand man, and a collection of opportunistic Government and Church officials. And a surprising ending that will leave you wondering.

• | Author: M. G. Crisci
• | Publisher: Orca Publishing Company
• | Publication Date: Jul 29, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 374 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Biography & Autobiography
• | ISBN-10: 0991477359
• | ISBN-13: 9780991477357