The Outlaw Bank

Download or read book The Outlaw Bank written by Jonathan Beaty and published by Beard Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the two Time correspondents who cracked the story, the definitive book on the Bank of Credit and Commerce International: an explosive, fast-paced expose of one of the largest criminal conspiracies in history. Beaty and Gwynne's riveting first-person account not only puts all the pieces together for the first time, but brings to life the cloak-and-dagger intrigue that surrounded their investigation. 16 pages of photos.

Download or read book Under an Outlaw Moon written by Dietrich Kalteis and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Depression-era newlyweds Bennie and Stella. He’s reckless, she’s naive. Longing for freedom from tough times, they rob a bank, setting off a series of events that quickly spin out of their control Under an Outlaw Moon is based on the true story of Depression-era bank robbers Bennie and Stella Mae Dickson. She’s a teenage outsider longing to fit in. He’s a few years older and he’s trouble. They meet at a local skating rink and the sparks fly. They marry and Stella dreams of a nice house with a swing out back, while Bennie figures out how to get enough money to make it happen. Setting his sights on the good life, he decides to rob a bank. Talking Stella into it, he lays out his plan and teaches her to shoot. The newlyweds celebrate her 16th birthday by robbing a local bank. They pull it off, but the score is small, and Bennie realizes the money won’t last long, so he plans a bigger robbery. What lays ahead is more than either of them bargained for. After J. Edgar Hoover finds out they crossed state lines, he declares them public enemies number one and two — wanted dead or alive. So much for the good life. The manhunt is on, and there’s little room for them to run.

Download or read book Dirty Money written by Mark Potts and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book exposesrms deals, peddling influences, bribing politicians, defrauding depositors, sponsoring spies--and how it collapsed like a house of cards. Dirty Money is packed with as much espionage and intrigue as a Ken Follett novel. 25 pho tographs.

Download or read book Selling Money written by S. C. Gwynne and published by Penguin Group USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the international debt crisis, discusses banking policy during the seventies, and argues that the crisis has not yet been resolved

Download or read book False Profits written by Peter Truell and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its nickname was the Bank of Crooks and Criminals, but BCCI was much more than just a dirty bank. Started by a shadowy group of Pakistani financiers and Arab sheiks, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International quickly became a global criminal organization. Now two award-winning journalists who have tracked BCCI for a decade reveal how these wolves escaped prosecution for so long and detail the roles of Jimmy Carter, William Casey, and members of the Bush administration and family. 8 pages of photos.

Download or read book The Outlaw Bank written by Jonathan Beaty and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1993 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the two Time correspondents who cracked the story, the definitive book on the Bank of Credit and Commerce International: an explosive, fast-paced expose of one of the largest criminal conspiracies in history. Beaty and Gwynne's riveting first-person account not only puts all the pieces together for the first time, but brings to life the cloak-and-dagger intrigue that surrounded their investigation. 16 pages of photos.

Download or read book The Outlaw's Story written by Derek Pedley and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brenden James Abbott was the most wanted man in Australia. He became as famous for his ability to elude the authorities. This book reveals how he pulled off two daring escapes from maximum security prisons and executed some of Australia's most profitable and complex bank robberies.