Scandals and Fraud-A Reading List
SCANDALS & FRAUD: Enterprise Corruption
(Air Canada), Stevie Cameron, Harvey Cashore (2001). The Last Amigo:
Karlheinz Schreiber and the Anatomy of a Scandal. (Toronto, ON: Macfarlane
Walter & Ross, 359 p.). Schreiber, Karlheinz; Air Canada; Political corruption -Canada; Corruption investigation -- Canada; Airbus (Jet transport); Canada -Politics and government -- 1984-1993; Canada -- Politics and government -1993- ; Germany (West) -- Politics and government -- 1982-1990; Germany -Politics and government -- 1990-.
(Amalgamated), Thomas W. Lawson (1968). Frenzied Finance; The Crime of
Amalgamated. (New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 559 p. [orig. pub. 1905]).
Standard Oil Company; Amalgamated Copper Co.; Speculation; Insurance-United States; Gas companies--Boston.
(Archer Daniels Midland), Kurt Eichenwald (2000). The Informant: A True Story:
The FBI Was Ready to Take Down America's Most Politically Powerful
Corporation: But There Was One Thing They Didn't Count On. (New York, NY:
Broadway Books, 606 p.). Reporter, New York Times. United States. Federal
Bureau of Investigation; Archer Daniels Midland Company--Corrupt practices;
Commercial crimes--United States--Case studies; Informers--United States-Case studies.
(Archer Daniels Midland), James B. Lieber (2000). Rats in the Grain: The Dirty
Tricks and Trials of Archer Daniels Midland. (New York, NY: Four Walls Eight
Windows, 418 p.). Lawyer. Archer Daniels Midland Company; Food industry and
trade--Corrupt practices--United States.
(Banco Ambrosiano), Rupert Cornwell (1984). "God's Banker" [An Account of the
Life and Death of Roberto Calvi]. (New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 260 p.). Calvi,
Roberto, 1920-1982; Banco ambrosiano; Catholic Church--Finance; Bankers-Italy--Biography.
(Banco Ambrosiano), Larry Gurwin (1984). The Calvi Affair: Death of a Banker.
(London, UK: Pan Books in association with Macmillan London, 251 p.). Calvi,
Roberto, 1920-1982; Banco ambrosiano; Catholic Church--Finance; Bank
failures--Italy--Milan.
(Bank of England), George Bidwell (1888). Forging His Chains. The
autobiography of George Bidwell ... with the Story of His Connection with the SoCalled £1,000,000 Forgery on the Bank of England, and a Complete Account of
His Arrest, Trial, Conviction, and Confinement for Fourteen years in English
Prisons. (Hartford, CT: S. S. Scranton & Company, 560 p.). Prisons--England.
(Bank of England), ed. George Dilnot (1929). The Bank of England Forgery.
(London, UK: G. Bles, 274 p.). Macdonnell, George, defendant; Bidwell, George,
d. 1899, defendant; Noyes, Edwin, defendant; Dilnot, George, 1883-1951; Great
Britain. Central Criminal Court.
(BCCI - founded in 1972 by Pakistani banker Agha Hasan Abedi), Mark Potts,
Nick Kochan and Robert Whittington (1991). Dirty Money : BCCI, The Inside
Story of the World's Sleaziest Bank. (Washington, DC: National Press Books,
283 p.). Bank of Credit and Commerce International--Corrupt practices;
International finance--Corrupt practices; Bank failures.
(BCCI), James Ring Adams and Douglas Frantz (1992). A Full Service Bank:
How BCCI Stole Billions Around the World. (New York, NY: Pocket Books, 381
p.). Bank of Credit and Commerce International -- Corrupt practices; Private
banks -- Corrupt practices; International finance -- Corrupt practices; Bank
failures.
(BCCI), Peter Truell and Larry Gurwin (1992). False Profits: The Inside Story of
BCCI, the World's Most Corrupt Financial Empire. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin,
522 p.). Bank of Credit and Commerce International--Corrupt practices;
International finance--Corrupt practices; Bank failures.
(Beauharnois Power Corp.), T.D. Regehr (1989). The Beauharnois Scandal: A
Story of Canadian Entrepreneurship and Politics. (Toronto, ON: University of
Toronto Press, 234 p.). Beauharnois Power Corporation; Beauharnois Scandal,
1931; Campaign funds -- Canada; Political corruption -- Canada; Canada -Politics and government -- 1930-1935.
(Bond Corporation), Paul Barry (1990). The Rise and Fall of Alan Bond. (New
York, NY: Bantam, 292 p.). Bond, Alan, 1938- ; Businesspeople--Australia-Biography; Millionaires--Australia--Biography.
(Bond Corporation), Terence Maher (1990). Alan Bond. (Melbourne, Vic.: William
Heinemann Australia, 322 p.). Bond, Alan, 1938- ; Businesspeople--Australia-Biography; Millionaires--Australia--Biography.
(Bre-X), Vivian Danielson, James Whyte (1997). Bre-X: Gold Today, Gone
Tomorrow: Anatomy of the Busang Swindle (Toronto, ON: Northern Miner, 304
p.). Bre-X (Firm); Gold mines and mining--Corrupt practices--Indonesia; Fraud-Indonesia.
(Bre-X), Diane Francis (1997). Bre-X: The inside Story (Toronto, ON: Key Porter,
240 p.). Bre-X (Firm); Gold industry--Corrupt practices--Indonesia; Fraud-Indonesia.
(Bre-X), Douglas Gold and Andrew Willis (1997). The Bre-X Fraud (Toronto, ON:
McClelland & Stewart, 272 p.). Bre-X (Firm); Gold mines and mining--Corrupt
practices--Indonesia--Case studies; Fraud--Indonesia--Case studies.
(Bre-X), Brian Hutchinson (1998). Fool's Gold: The Making of a Global Market
Fraud. (Toronto, ON: Knopf Canada, 266 p). Bre-X (Firm); Gold mines and
mining -- Indonesia; Fraud.
(Bre-X), Jennifer Wells (1998). Bre-X: The inside Story of the World's Biggest
Mining Scam (London, UK: Orion Business Books, 404 p.). Bre-X (Firm)ls; Gold
industry -- Corrupt practices -- Indonesia; Fraud -- Indonesia.
(Citibank), Robert A. Hutchison (1986). Off the Books. (New York, NY: Morrow,
416 p.). Banks and banking--Corrupt practices; Citibank (New York, N.Y.)-Corrupt practices.
(Elf-Aquitaine), Valérie Lecasble et Airy Routier (1998). Forages en Eau
Profonde: Les Secrets de l'Affaire Elf. (Paris, FR: B. Grasset, 407 p.). ElfAquitaine (Company); Political corruption--France; Petroleum industry and trade-Corrupt practices--France; France--Politics and government--1974-1981.
(Elf-Aquitaine), André Guelfi (1999). L'Original: d'Un Village Marocain aux
Secrets de l'Affaire Elf, le Parcours d'un Aventurier de la Vie. (Paris, FR: R.
Laffont, 369 p.). Guelfi, André; Elf-Aquitaine (Company); Businessmen--France-Biography; Political corruption--France; Petroleum industry and trade--Corrupt
practices--France; France--Biography.
(Elf-Aquitaine), Gilles Gaetner, Jean-Marie Pontaut (2000). L'Homme Qui en Sait
Trop: Alfred Sirven et Les Milliards de l'Affaire Elf. (Paris, FR: Grasset, 265 p.).
Sirven, Alfred, 1927- ; Elf-Aquitaine (Company); Political corruption--France-Case studies.
(Elf-Aquitaine), Pierre Lethier (2001). Argent Secret: l'Espion de l'Affaire Elf
Parle. (Paris, FR: Albin Michel, 252 p.). Elf-Aquitaine (Company); Political
corruption--France; Political corruption--Germany; Petroleum industry and trade-Corrupt practices--France.
(Elf-Aquitaine), Fatima Belaïd (2002). Une Epouse Encombrante: au Coeur de
l'Empire Elf. (Neuilly-sur-Seine, FR: Lafon, 343 p.). Belaïd, Fatima; Elf-Aquitaine
(Company); Executives' spouses--France--Biography; Petroleum industry and
trade--Corrupt practices--France; Political corruption--France.
(Enron), Peter C. Fusaro and Ross M. Miller (2002). What Went Wrong at Enron:
Everone's Guide to the Largest Bankruptcy in U. S. History. (New York, NY:
Wiley,
p.). Enron Corporation; accounting fraud.
(Enron), Robert Bryce; with an introduction by Molly Ivins (2002). Pipe Dreams:
Greed, Ego, Jealousy and the Death of Enron. (New York, NY: Public
Affairs,
p.). Writer from Austin, TX. Enron Corp.--Corrupt practices; Energy
industries--Corrupt practices--United States; Business failures--United States.
(Enron), Brian Cruver; foreword by Steve Salbu (2002). Anatomy of Greed: The
Unshredded Truth from an Enron Insider. (New York, NY: Carroll & Graf,
p.).
Enron Employee March - December, 2001. Enron Corp.--Corrupt practices;
Energy industries--Corrupt practices--United States; Business failures--United
States.
(Enron), Loren Fox (2002). Enron: The Rise and Fall. (New York, NY: Wiley,
p.). Enron Corp.; Energy industries--Corrupt practices--United States; Business
failures--United States--Case studies. Of Enron books this offers most detailed
explanation of Enron as a business.
(Franklin National), Joan Edelman Spero (1980). The Failure of the Franklin
National Bank: Challenge to the International Banking System. (New York, NY:
Columbia University Press [for Council on Foreign Relations], 235 p.). Franklin
National Bank; Franklin National Bank; Banks and banking, International;
Banques internationales.
(Franklin National), Luigi DiFonzo. (1983). St. Peter's Banker. (New York, NY:
Watts, 308 p.). Sindona, Michele; Catholic Church--Finance; Bankers--Italy-Biography.
(Franklin National), Walter S. Ross (1987). People's Banker: The Story of Arthur
T. Roth and the Franklin National Bank. (New Canaan, CT: Keats Pub., 288 p.).
Roth, Arthur T.; Franklin National Bank; Bankers--United States--Biography;
Bank failures--United States.
(Guinness), Nick Kochan and Hugh Pym (1987). The Guinness Affair: Anatomy
of a Scandal. (Bromley: Helm, 198 p.). Guinness (Firm)--History; Brewing
industry--Great Britain--Corrupt practices.
(Homestake), David McClintick (1977). Stealing from the Rich: The Home-Stake
Oil Swindle. (New York, NY: M. Evans, 335 p.). Home-Stake Production
Company; Securities fraud--United States--Case studies; Petroleum industry and
trade--United States; Swindlers and swindling--United States--Case studies.
(Honda), Steve Lynch (1997). Arrogance and Accords: The Inside Story of the
Honda Scandal. (Irving, TX: Pecos Press, 310 p.). American Honda Motor
Company; Honda Accord automobile; Automobile industry and trade--Corrupt
practices--United States; Commercial crimes--United States; Automobile dealers-United States; Fraud--United States.
(Julien Petroleum), Guy W. Finney (1929). The Great Los Angeles Bubble, A
Present-Day Story of Colossal Financial Jugglery and of Penalties Paid (Los
Angeles, CA: The Milton Forbes Company, 203 p.).
(Julien Petroleum), Jules Tygiel (1996). The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil,
Stocks, and Scandal During the Roaring Twenties (Berkeley, CA: University of
California Press, 398 p. [orig. pub. 1994]).
(Lockheed), David Boulton (1978). The Grease Machine. (New York, NY: Harper
& Row, 289 p.). Lockheed Aircraft Corporation--Corrupt practices; Corporations--
Corrupt practices--United States--Case studies; Corporations, American--Corrupt
practices--Case studies.; Commercial crimes--Case studies.
(Middle West Utilities), Forrest McDonald (1962). Insull. (Chicago, IL: University
of Chicago Press, 350 p.). Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938.
--- (1975). Pyramids of Power: The Story of Roosevelt, Insull and the Utility Wars.
(New York, NY`: Da Capo Press, 342 p. [orig. pub. 1937]). Roosevelt, Franklin D.
(Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Insull, Samuel, 1859-1938; New Deal, 1933-1939;
Public utilities--United States; Holding companies--United States.
(National Student Marketing), Andrew Tobias (1971). The Funny Money Game.
(New York, NY: Playboy Press, 219 p.). National Student Marketing Corporation.
(Polly Peck International), Tim Hindle (1991). The Sultan of Berkeley Square: Asil
Nadir and the Thatcher Years. (London, UK: Macmillan, 228 p.). Nadir, Asil,
1941- ; Polly Peck International--History; Businesspeople--Great Britain-Biography.
(Polly Peck International), David Barcharsd (1992). Asil Nadir and the Rise and
Fall of Polly Peck. (London, UK: V. Gollancz, 288 p.). Nadir, Asil, 1941- ; Polly
Peck (Firm); Businessmen--Great Britain--Biography.
(Polly Peck International), Bilge Nevzat with Gill Fraser (1999). The Turquoise
Conspiracy: Asil Nadir, The Collapse of Polly Peck and the Persecution of a
Family. (London, UK: Noble House, 323 p.). Nadir, Asil, 1941- ; Polly Peck
International; Fraud--Great Britain; International business enterprises--Great
Britain.
(Polly Peck International), Raymond Zelker (2001). The Polly Peck Story: A
Memoir. (London, UK: Strathearn, 192 p.). Nadir, Asil, 1941- ; Polly Peck
International--History; International business enterprises--Great Britain.
(Robins - founded 1866 by Albert Hartley Robins; sold in 1989 to American
Home Products), Morton Mintz (1985). At Any Cost: Corporate Greed, Women,
and the Dalkon Shield. (New York, NY: Pantheon, 308 p.). A.H. Robins
Company; Intrauterine contraceptives industry; Dalkon Shield (Intrauterine
contraceptive); Intrauterine contraceptives--Complications.
(Robins -1970 company acquired rights to Dalkon Shield contraceptive; domestic
sales suspended in 1974), Susan Perry and Jim Dawson (1985). Nightmare:
Women and the Dalkon Shield. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 261 p.). A.H. Robins
Company; Dalkon Shield (Intrauterine contraceptive); Intrauterine contraceptives-Complications; Intrauterine contraceptives industry--United States.
(Robins), Mary F. Hawkins (1997). Unshielded: The Human Cost of the Dalkon
Shield. (Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press,, 154 p.). A.H. Robins
Company; Dalkon Shield (Intrauterine contraceptive); Intrauterine contraceptives
industry--United States; Intrauterine contraceptives--Complications; Products
liability--Intrauterine contraceptives--United States.
(S & L -Lincoln Savings & Loan), Michael Binstein and Charles Bowden (1993).
Trust Me: Charles Keating and the Missing Billions. (New York, NY: Random
House, 420 p.). Keating, Charles H.; Lincoln Savings & Loan Association -Corrupt practices; Savings and loan association failures -- California; Securities
fraud -- United States.
(S & L), Martin Mayer (1990). The Greatest-Ever Bank Robbery: The Collapse of
the Savings and Loan Industry. (New York, NY: Scribner, 354 p.). Savings and
loan associations--United States--Management; Savings and loan associations-Deregulation--United States; Savings and loan associations--Corrupt practices-United States.
(S & L), compiled by Pat L. Talley (1993). The Savings and Loan Crisis: An
Annotated Bibliography. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 162 p.). Savings and
loan association failures--United States--Bibliography; Savings and loan
associations--United States--Bibliography; Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995-Bibliography.
(S &L), Kitty Calavita, Henry N. Pontell, Robert H. Tillman (1997). Big Money
Crime: Fraud and Politics in the Savings and Loan Crisis. (Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press, 263 p.). Professors in the School of Social Ecology
(University of California, Irvine); Tillman is Associate Professor of Sociology (St.
John's University). Savings and loan associations--Corrupt practices--United
States; Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995; Commercial crimes--United
States.
(Tollgate Holdings), Frank Welsh (1999). Dangerous Deceits. (London, UK:
HarperCollins, 377 p.). Askin, Julian, 1948- ;Afrikaner Broederbond; Commercial
crimes--South Africa; Consolidation and merger of corporations--England-London; Banks and banking--Corrupt practices--South Africa; Banks and
banking--Corrupt practices--England--London.
(U-Haul), Ronald J. Watkins (1993). Birthright: Murder, Greed, and Power in the
U-Haul Family Dynasty. (New York, NY: Morrow, 425 p.). Shoen, Leonard
Samuel, 1916- ; Shoen family; U-Haul International--Officials and employees-Biography; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Murder--United States-Case studies.
(Union Générale, Paris), Jean Bouvier (1960). Le Krach de l'Union Générale,
1878-1885. (Paris, FR: Presses universitaires de France, 308 p.). Bontoux,
Euge`ne, 1820-1905; Union générale, Paris; Lyon (France)--Economic
conditions.
(Union Générale, Paris), Jeannine Verdès-Leroux (1969). Scandale Financier et
Antisémitisme Catholique, Le Krach de l'Union Générale. (Paris, FR: Éditions de
Centurion, 256 p.). Union générale, Paris; Bankruptcy--France--Case studies;
Antisemitism--France--History.
(Wedtech), William Sternberg and Matthew C. Harrison, Jr. (1989). Feeding
Frenzy. (New York, NY: Holt, 326 p.). Wedtech (Firm); Defense contracts-Corrupt practices--United States.
(Wedtech), James Traub (1990). Too Good To Be True: The Outlandish Story of
Wedtech. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 379 p.). Writer, New York Times
Magazine. Wedtech (Firm); Defense contracts--Corrupt practices--United States;
Government purchasing--Corrupt practices--United States.
(Wedtech), Marilyn W. Thompson (1990). Feeding the Beast: How Wedtech
Became the Most Corrupt Little Company in America. (New York, NY: Scribner,
337 p.). Wedtech (Firm); Defense contracts--Corrupt practices--United States;
Government purchasing--Corrupt practices--United States.
(WorldCom), Lynne Jeter (2003). Disconnected: Deceit and Betrayal at
WorldCom. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley,
p.). WorldCom (Firm)--Corrupt practices;
Telecommunication--Corrupt practices--United States; Business failures--United
States.
(Yazoo Land Fraud), C. Peter Magrath (1966). Yazoo: Law and Politics in the
New Republic; Case of Fletcher v. Peck. (Providence, RI: Brown University
Press, 243 p.). New England Mississippi Land Company; Yazoo Fraud, 1795.
Margaret Allen (1997). The Dirty Dozen: The World's Greatest Financial
Disasters and Frauds. (Singapore: Times Books International, 208 p.).
Commercial crimes; Financial institutions, International.
Isadore Barmash (1972). Great Business Disasters; Swindlers, Bunglers, and
Frauds in American industry (Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 309 p.).
Murray T. Bloom (1957). Money of Their Own: The Great Counterfeiters (New
York, NY: Scribner, 302 p.).
Tyler Bridges (2001). Bad Bet on the Bayou: The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana
and the Fall of Governor Edwin Edwards. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus &
Giroux, 422 p.). Edwards, Edwin W.; Gambling--Louisiana; Gambling industry-Corrupt practices--Louisiana; Political corruption--Louisiana.
Marshall B. Clinard (1990). Corporate Corruption: The Abuse of Power. (New
York, NY: Praeger, 215 p.). Corporations--Corrupt practices--United States.
E. H. Cookridge (1967). The Baron of Arizona. (New York, NY: John Day Co.,
304 p.). Reavis, James Addison, 1843-1914; Arizona--Biography.
Robert K. Elliott, John J. Willingham (1980). Management Fraud: Detection and
Deterrence. (New York, NY: Petrocelli Books, 300 p.). Commercial crimes--
United States--Addresses, essays, lectures; White collar crimes--United States-Addresses, essays, lectures; Fraud--United States--Addresses, essays, lectures.
Charles Franklin (1969). They Walked a Crooked Mile; An Account of the
Greatest Scandals, Swindlers, and Outrages of All Time. (New York, NY: Hart
Pub. Co., 413 p.). History--Miscellanea; Scandals--History--Miscellanea;
Swindlers and swindling--History--Miscellanea.
Neil H. Jacoby, Peter Nehemkis, Richard Eells (1977). Bribery and Extortion in
World Business: A Study of Corporate Political Payments Abroad. (New York,
NY: Macmillan, 294 p.). Corporations--Corrupt practices; Bribery; International
business enterprises.
Om Malik (2003). Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist.
(Hoboken, NJ: Wiley,
p.). Telecommunication--Corrupt practices--United
States; Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States; Business
failures--United States.
Norman C. Miller (1965). The Great Salad Oil Swindle. (New York, NY: Coward
McCann, 256 p.). De Angelis, Anthony, 1915- ; Swindlers and swindling.
Jessica Mitford (1963). The American Way of Death. (New York, NY: Simon &
Schuster, 333 p.). Funeral rites and ceremonies--Economic aspects--United
States. Undertakers and undertaking--United States.
John Portmann (2000). When Bad Things Happen to Other People. (New York,
NY: Routledge, 242 p.). Professor of Religion (University of Virginia). Suffering-Moral and ethical aspects; Pleasure--Moral and ethical aspects; Sympathy-Moral and ethical aspects.
Richard Rayner (2002). Drake's Fortune: The Fabulous True Story of the World's
Greatest Confidence Artist. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 224 p.). Hartzell, Oscar
Merrill, 1876-1943; Swindlers and swindling--United States--Biography.
Stephen M. Rosoff, Henry N. Pontell, Robert Tillman (1998). Profit Without
Honor: White-Collar Crime and the Looting of America. (Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall, 436 p.). White collar crimes -- United States; Fraud -- United
States.
Irwin Ross (1992). Shady Business: Confronting Corporate Corruption. (New
York, NY: Twentieth Century Fund Press, 175 p.). Corporations--Corrupt
practices--United States.
Peter Watson (1984). The Caravaggio Conspiracy: How Five Art Dealers, Four
Policemen, Three Picture Restorers, Two Auction Houses, and a Journalist
Plotted to Recover Some of the World's Most Beautiful Stolen Paintings (Garden
City, NY: Doubleday, 321 p.).
edited with an introd. and conclusion by Alan F. Westin (1981). Whistle Blowing:
Loyalty and Dissent in the Corporation. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 181 p.).
Whistle blowing--United States--Congresses.