Financial Crime

In Noncompliant, Segarra chronicles her experience blowing open the doors on the relationship between the big banks and the government bodies set up to regulate them. As we mark the 10th anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis, Noncompliant shows us how little has changed, and offers an urgent call for real reforms.

Illicit Financial Flows & Worldwide Money Laundering Practices will help guide and protect your business from illegal activities by teaching you how to intervene before they can happen. You have probably read online or seen news reports about white and blue-collar crimes, corporate crimes, or anti-money laundering practices. and wish to learn more about what they mean and how to protect your business from similar illegal activities.

A rollicking good mystery and witty tale of an international finance, Wall Street, money markets, espionage, kidnapping, bankers on the run, archeology, and far more.

A Long Silence Eleanor Whitmore thought she was investing for her care in the final years when she funded , Willowbrook, a high-end elder care facility. Little did she realize the trap she was getting into when she entered Willowbrook for long term care. Her stay was brief and when she did pass away, no one noticed or questioned it. Years passed in silence—until Linda Thompson showed up. Linda Thompson, the facility’s new administrator, notices that something is odd. The books are cooked, the numbers don’t lie, and someone’s been siphoning funds for years. She hires Jet Rider, a ...

'This has been one of my favorite series and I definitely recommend this series and this author to everyone looking for a great read.' Amazon reviewer.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Wow, talk about an action packed, intense and captivating read.' Some will live. Some will die. This is the bitter end The mug slips from my trembling fingers and smashes onto the floor, hot tea splattering the newly mopped tiles. Tears blur my vision as I struggle to contain the emotions threatening to engulf me. I do my best to hide it, but I'm still trying to piece together the shattered fragments of my life...

Solo hay luz de luna por encima.... Grita todo lo que quieras... Aún así terminarás muerto. Smash Hit es a la vez un homenaje respetuoso, pero algo propio, nacido en las tradiciones de clásicos programas de terror llenos de horripilantes asesinatos y una mente retorcida y anormal tramando toda la horrenda cabalgata. Una historia tensa e impartida sobre el asesinato, los juegos mentales y la obsesión con las realidades macabras de la película, que también ofrece una variación única de las fórmulas del género, ya probadas y gastadas. Un lunático está en la hierba. Podría estar ...

In 2006 an oddball group of bankers, traders and brokers from some of the largest financial institutions made a startling realization: Libor - the London interbank offered rate, which determines the interest rates on trillions in loans worldwide - was set daily by a group of easily manipulated administrators, and they could reap huge profits by nudging it fractions of a percent to suit their trading portfolios. This group generated incredible riches - until it all unraveled in spectacularly vicious, backstabbing fashion.

IT WAS A SIMPLE INSURANCE INVESTIGATION -- UNTIL THE LIES AND BODIES STARTED PILING UP! Alton Rhode starts out in a Northern nursing home and winds up in a Southern town, where a military academy may be more soiled than local Civil War statues covered in bird droppings. He uncovers a twisty financial conspiracy involving radioactive isotopes, sex, and murder. "ALTON RHODE MYSTERIES ARE IN A CLASS BY THEMSELVES.” (John Crudele, New York Post); “A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BOOK MARKETPLACE TODAY.” (Florida Weekly); “A ...

Two brothers. Three secret service agents. And millions for the taking. Charlie and Oliver Caruso are brothers who work at Greene and Greene, a private bank so exclusive there's a $2 million minimum to be a client. But when the door of success slams in their faces, the brothers are presented with an offer they can't refuse: $3 million in an abandoned account that can't be traced. It's the perfect victimless crime. Charlie and Oliver opt to take the money, but get much more than they bargained for.

El antiguo pájaro de la muerte El fotógrafo de vida silvestre Sam Daniels tiene un trabajo de ensueño: viaja a lugares exóticos y toma fotos de animales increíblemente hermosos para que todos los puedan ver. Sin embargo, durante un viaje a la jungla amazónica a la que viajó por ese motivo, Sam y su guía se encuentran con un pájaro diferente a cualquiera que hayan visto antes, completamente hermoso e hipnotizante. Se las arregla para conseguir algunas fotos, pero no antes de que la extraña criatura asesine a su guía y salga volando, gritando. Petrificado y traumatizado, Sam ...

When sixteen-year-old Jenny James goes missing, and the local police are unable to find her, the girl’s frantic mother hires private investigators Jake and Annie Lincoln to search for her daughter. When the body of Jenny’s boyfriend is discovered, the mystery of her disappearance deepens. Shaken out of their comfort zone of Internet searches and poring over public records, the couple soon find themselves facing the frightening possibility they are looking for the latest victim of a serial killer. As more bodies pile up, the town is gripped with fear. ...

Bryan LeBlanc worked his way up into a plum position on Wall Street as the boy genius of the foreign exchange desk. Surrounded by "the few, the proud, the completely full of themselves", he decides to give Wall Street a taste of its own medicine and hatches an intricate plan to disappear permanently with just enough misappropriated money - and sailing classes - to spend his golden years cruising the Caribbean. Bryan quickly learns that being a criminal, even a really smart one, is more complicated than he thought. He finds himself on the run in the Cayman Islands, wanted for murder.

On May 6, 2010, financial markets around the world tumbled simultaneously and without warning. In the span of five minutes, a trillion dollars of valuation was lost. The Flash Crash, as it became known, represented the fastest drop in market history. When share values rebounded less than half an hour later, experts around the globe were left perplexed. What had they just witnessed? Navinder Singh Sarao hardly seemed like a man who would shake the world's financial markets to their core.

She’s tired of working twice as hard and making half as much as her male colleagues. But when her clever ploy implodes, can she escape going down for the count? New York City, 1983. Rebecca Voss knows the world isn’t fair. Breaking barriers as a female vice president at a prominent financial institution, the thirty-one-year-old securities manager thinks maybe she’s finally on the road to something big. But the go-getter’s sense of success crumbles upon discovering her impressive promotion doesn’t include equal pay. Determined to level the playing field, the clever businesswoman ...

Ten short stories, different tastes, various shades are what make Ghost Runner & Others. Ghosts, lesbians, rapists, optimists, myths, achievers, mothers, lovers all are part of the short stories in Ghost Runner & Others. It travels through serene forests and mountains, obscure towns and burgeoning cities, even through imaginary landscape, imaginary time frames, yet it remains rooted in reality. It speaks of humans thriving through odds of politics, corruption and natural disasters. It connects history and mythology to the present and the future. In nutshell, Ghost Runner & Others narrates ...

An Ex-Cop Who Lost Everything. A Killer Who Will Stop At Nothing. In the exclusive enclave of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, a woman who builds custom guitars is murdered. A disgraced ex-cop turned private investigator is hired by the dead woman's father and immediately becomes the target of a violent ex-convict. An enigmatic music star performs damage control on her links to the dead woman. And a professional killer who idolizes Keith Richards is brought into town by a mysterious employer. Dead Wood is what great mysteries are all about: love, hate, faith and vengeance, all wrapped up in an ...

From the bestselling author of HER and The Social Affair comes a dark, unrelenting psychological thriller where marriage is a battlefield, deception is a weapon, and losing means death. Mr. and Mrs. Smith meets Dexter. Jude and Kate are the perfect suburban couple—at least, that's what they want you to believe. In reality? He's a contract killer. She likes to even the score. Few married couples are as competitive as Jude and Kate. But then, most spouses don't track their arguments with a body count. Their silent pact to outdo each other begins as a twisted game of skill, survival, and ...

Angel or assassin? Tall, blond, and effortlessly elegant, Helen has the world at her fingertips. Literally. One wrong move, one mistyped key, and millions of lives could be at stake. Collin Frey tracks her every step, uncertain whether she’s destined to save the world…or shatter it. He reaches out to her, but Helen trusts no one. Deep undercover, she discovered a conspiracy so lethal it threatens to destroy the world as we know it. Danger lurks behind every corner, and anyone could be compromised. Time is running out. Neither Helen nor Collin can avert the disaster alone—but a secret ...

COLD JADE is the newest novel in the acclaimed John Rockne series by award-winning and international bestselling author Dan Ames. Once a cop in the well-to-do Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, John Rockne was dismissed from the force after making a tragic mistake that resulted in the brutal murder of a young man. Now working as a private investigator, John is hired by a man whose daughter is missing and he soon discovers the young woman was living a secret life under the name Jade. John quickly realizes the world Jade had entered was a dangerous one filled with thieves, drugs, pimps and ...

Long Distance Murder. Nick Giordano is a renowned neurologist and family man living in the wealthy Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe. When he is murdered during a sailboat race, no one sees it coming. Private investigator John Rockne investigates the killing and soon unravels a web of greed and betrayal. A hard-hitting, action-packed story in the bestselling and award-winning John Rockne Mystery Series. "This is the best new private investigator mystery series being written today." -Amazon.com