Confessions of a Wall Street Insider: A Cautionary Tale of Rats, Feds, and Banksters
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (616 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1510713379 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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If you work on Wall Street, you owe it to yourself to take a read about the risks you take on when you go to work each day. Now, Michael Kimelman gives us a view of what it was like. Michael Kimelman is a perfect example of that collateral damage.” Joe Tacopina, celebrity criminal defense lawyer and owner of the Venezia FC Futbol teamKimelman is guilty of one thing: writing a helluva book. If you don’t work on Wall Street you owe it to yourself to be informed." - Forbes. When prosecutors place a political agenda and career a
"Outstanding Read!" according to BigMeatballs91. A fantastic and eye opening book. What I thought I knew about this event was based solely on the very public government theatrics at the time. This is the other side of the story and it’s shocking. Kimelman gives you a front row seat to the multi-year implosion of his life and the toll it took on him and his family. The full extent of the damage is likely yet unknown. Even as he gives you a well written, frank discussion of the train wreck that became his life he manages to make you laugh throughout as well with some outrageous tales. One of th. "An absolutely brilliant look at the American criminal justice system and one" according to Kindle Customer. An absolutely brilliant look at the American criminal justice system and one man's fight against it. This book is simultaneously enlightening, riveting and frightening. A must read for all.. This is part 1 of my review. I will This is part 1 of my review. I will post part 2 after I finish the entire book (and I have had a chance to think about the issues a bit).I bought the book in kindle, and I have read about 50% of the books (I did not read this book in chronological order). I also read the Second Circuit decision denying the initial appeal as the 2017 district court decision denying Kimmelman's motion to vacate, as well as the Elle article.1. overall, a gripping read. Kimmelman writes well, and so far it is an engaging read.2. this book is in part a personal story abou
While his wife and children were sequestered to a bedroom, Kimelman was marched off in embarrassment in view of his neighbors and TV crews who had been alerted in advance. He had left a cushy yet suffocating job at a law firm to try his hand at the high-risk life of a proprietary trader and he did pretty well for himself. He was arrested as part of a huge insider trading case, and while he was offered a sweetheart” no-jail probation plea, he refused, maintaining his innocence.The lion’s share of Confessions of a Wall Street Insider was written while Kimelman was an inmate at Lewisburg Penitentiary. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.. In nearly two years behind bars, he reflected on his experiences before incarcerationrubbing elbows and throwing back far too many cocktails with financial titans and major figures in sports and entertainment (including Leonardo DiCaprio, Alex Rodriguez, Ben Bernanke, and Alan Greenspan, to drop a few names); making and losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in daily gambles on the Street; getting involved with the wrong people, who eventually turned on him; realizi