How did Marc Rich make over 10 Billion Dollars without paying hardly any taxes? Journalist A. Craig Copetas has infiltrated the inner circle of the commodities market and Rich’s associates to show not only how Rich pulled off the scam, becoming one of America’s most wanted criminals, but also how other traders have used the same model to evade taxes as well. Currently the center of yet another great controversy, Rich was wanted for evading almost 90 million dollars in taxes and if caught, would have potentially serve a jail term of over 300 years. METAL MEN is the story of international intrigue spanning the globe from the inside of the White House to the Kremlin. Copetas has written a brilliantly researched work that exposes the inner workings of one of country’s largest scams.
From Library Journal
Marc Rich is one of the most successful traders of metals and other minerals. He is also now living in Switzerland, wanted in the United States for tax evasion. While Copetas's book is ostensibly about Rich and his questionable dealings, it also gives a fairly interesting account of the metals trading industry itself: individualistic, barely regulated, tense, fast-paced, potentially lucrative, and often shady. The character and atmosphere of Phillip Brothers, the trading house where Rich got his start, and of Rich's own firm are nicely contrasted and delineated. Neither Rich nor the metal trading industry come off very well. For larger business collections. Stuart Gudowitz, George Washington Univ. Lib., Washington, D.C. Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"Reads like a mystery novel [and] provides a fascinating look behind the scenes of the commodities trading snake pit." -- -- USA Today**
"The story itself is astonishing -- and appalling." -- -- John Train, Wall Street Journal**
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How did Marc Rich make over 10 Billion Dollars without paying hardly any taxes? Journalist A. Craig Copetas has infiltrated the inner circle of the commodities market and Rich’s associates to show not only how Rich pulled off the scam, becoming one of America’s most wanted criminals, but also how other traders have used the same model to evade taxes as well. Currently the center of yet another great controversy, Rich was wanted for evading almost 90 million dollars in taxes and if caught, would have potentially serve a jail term of over 300 years. METAL MEN is the story of international intrigue spanning the globe from the inside of the White House to the Kremlin. Copetas has written a brilliantly researched work that exposes the inner workings of one of country’s largest scams.
From Library Journal
Marc Rich is one of the most successful traders of metals and other minerals. He is also now living in Switzerland, wanted in the United States for tax evasion. While Copetas's book is ostensibly about Rich and his questionable dealings, it also gives a fairly interesting account of the metals trading industry itself: individualistic, barely regulated, tense, fast-paced, potentially lucrative, and often shady. The character and atmosphere of Phillip Brothers, the trading house where Rich got his start, and of Rich's own firm are nicely contrasted and delineated. Neither Rich nor the metal trading industry come off very well. For larger business collections. Stuart Gudowitz, George Washington Univ. Lib., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"Reads like a mystery novel [and] provides a fascinating look behind the scenes of the commodities trading snake pit." -- -- USA Today**
"The story itself is astonishing -- and appalling." -- -- John Train, Wall Street Journal**