No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller

by Harry Markopolos Narrated by Neil Chelo, Michael Ocrant, Scott Brick, Gaytri Kachroo, David Kotz, Frank Casey, Harry Markopolos

Overview

No One Would Listen is now going paperback.  This is the story of Harry Markopolos, the whistleblower who discovered that crimes against investors were being committed by Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi Scheme would ultimately become the biggest and longest-running financial investment fraud in history. Madoff's impact, both financially on individuals and institutions, continues to send shockwaves across the financial system and represents a major failure to investigate by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the nation's top market copy. The unraveling of the Madoff investment fund will go down as the crowning story of an era that has ended with the most troubled, turbulent, and uncertain global economy. How Madoff was enabled, by investors and fiduciaries alike, is nothing short of breath-taking and spell-binding. But how Madoff was allowed to operate by the SEC, despite repeated written and verbal warnings by whistleblower Harry Markopolos, is something that can only be told Harry himself and his team of financial sleuths.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"... updated account of his struggle to alert authorities to Madoff's crimes." (Guardian, February 2011)

[STARRED REVIEW] Markopolos, the whistleblower who filed five unheeded complaints against Ponzi king Bernie Madoff over nine years, has produced an astonishing true-life whodunit set amidst the personalities, plots, and international intrigue of Wall Street. Having collected damning information on money manager Madoff-the respected co-founder of NASDAQ who ran the largest financial scam in history-since 1999, Markopolos's work as a chartered financial analyst and certified fraud examiner, aided by an industry journalist and two colleagues from his days as a derivatives portfolio manager, lays bare the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a tragically inept regulating agency that "didn't give a rat's ass about protecting investors," and seemed to consider Madoff "just another guy cutting some corners." Realizing he had not one but two powerful opponents-"Madoff and this nonfunctioning agency"-Markopolos refused to give up, despite fearing for his life and his family; accordingly, he transmits his team's determination and fascination in contagious detail. The hows and whys of Madoff's eventual arrest, Markopolos's subsequent appearances before Congress, and the carnival of press coverage makes a satisfying conclusion to this strange epic; Markopolos also includes complete documentation of his formal submissions to the SEC, plus his recommendations for much-needed reform at the agency. (Mar.) (PublishersWeekly.com, March 29, 2010)

"... a salutary tale and the detailed regulatory lessons offered in the epilogue deserve attention." (Financial Times, March 2010)

"... a highly readable account...." (Pensions Week, April 2010)

"... full of details about his dispiriting efforts to alert the authorities to Bernie Madoff's $65 billion fraud." (UK.Reuters.com, March 2010)

"... reads like a thriller, full of purple prose." (TimesOnline.co.uk, March 2010)

"This was easily the most exiting book I have read this year." (Actuary, September 2010)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176267693
Publisher:	Ascent Audio
Publication date:	07/20/2020
Edition description:	Unabridged

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