{"product_id":"9780759528000","title":"Born to Steal: When the Mafia Hit Wall Street","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe true story of Staten Island badboy Louis Pasciuto's meteoric rise to the top of Wall Street's notorious chop houses-by the award-winning journalist who broke it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHood brokers. Monthly million dollar paychecks. Thirtysix hour cocaine binges. \"Rocky\" themed pep rallies. Run-ins with Mafia thugs toting Mac 10 machine pistols. This was the life of LouisPasciuto, a fast-talking Staten Island kid who, from the age of19 to 25, moved stocks for 17 different brokerage houses- most of that time without even a fake license. This inside account of the Mafia's infiltration of Wall Street details Louis' career as the consummate liar, selling phantom stocks to naive Americans and leading a lifestyle worthy of Caligula. To avoid a long prison sentence, Pasciuto eventually turned state's witness.\u003cbr\u003eNow, Gary Weiss shares the inside story of Wall Street's notorious \"chop houses,\" the crooked Mob-run brokerages where rampant thievery netted several billion dollars from gullible investors.","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153897013488,"sku":"9780759528000","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780759528000_p0.jpg?v=1763640755","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780759528000","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}