The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride Into the Secret Heart of BCCI

by Jonathan Beaty, S.C. Gwynne

Overview

Here is a detailed and spellbinding account of the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), one of the greatest financial scandals of all time. Events and players spring to life in this sordid story involving the wealthy, heads of state, and governments. The scandal affords a rare and representative glimpse at the trillion-dollar-plus underground market of secret money that moves at will in and out of the world's most sophisticated and highly regulated economies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781587983092
Publisher:	Beard Group, Inc.
Publication date:	07/01/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	428
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Jonathan Beaty, a senior correspondent for Time Magazine, gained a national reputation for his investigative reporting unraveling financial and political conspiracies ranging from the Vatican Banking scandal to the BCCI affair. Now retired and living on a remote cattle ranch in New Mexico, he is writing a book about the CIA and Middle Eastern arms dealing.
S.C. "Sam" Gwynne is executive editor of Texas Monthly Magazine, an Austin, Texas based publication with a readership of 2.5 million. He was formerly a national correspondent, senior editor, and bureau chief for Time Magazine. Prior to that, he was an international banker. He lives with his wife and daughter in Austin, Texas.