The Salad Oil King - Crisci, M. G.
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High-School-Dropout Masterminds a $14 B White-Collar Scam. Bespectacled Fonso Gravenese was just six when he ran his first scam in 1915--winning quarters from his neighborhood buddies by rubbing olive on his yo-yo strings to make it spin faster. From there, the scams got bigger, and his appetite unquenchable. By the time Fonso was 50, he had built a $500 million personal fortune by scamming federally-funded School Lunch, Wartime Stamp Rationing, and International Food for Peace Programs. Craving for more, he cornered the Cotton Seed and Soybean Oil, major ingredients in the production of Salad…mehr

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High-School-Dropout Masterminds a $14 B White-Collar Scam. Bespectacled Fonso Gravenese was just six when he ran his first scam in 1915--winning quarters from his neighborhood buddies by rubbing olive on his yo-yo strings to make it spin faster. From there, the scams got bigger, and his appetite unquenchable. By the time Fonso was 50, he had built a $500 million personal fortune by scamming federally-funded School Lunch, Wartime Stamp Rationing, and International Food for Peace Programs. Craving for more, he cornered the Cotton Seed and Soybean Oil, major ingredients in the production of Salad Oil, with the help of his ruthless Mafia partners, to control the worldwide price of Salad Oil. Eventually, commodity prices plummeted, the NYSE was forced to halt trading, and $14 billion in salad oil inventory vanished into thin air. The story, filled with humor, pathos, philanthropy--he gave millions to various charities, including his church and town and local bicycle clubs--offers new meaning to the phrase "buyer beware."
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M. G. Crisci Stories that entertain, people you'll remember, literature that matters. Manhattan born M.G. Crisci is the critically-acclaimed author of nine books based on true stories or real events in the genres of literary fiction, mystery, love and drama. He is also an internationally-recognized expert on consumer motivation and behavior, and a thought-provoking East-West social activist. He has been elected to Who's Who in the World 21 times. San Francisco Literary Review called his latest book, The Salad Oil King, "a classic American crime story expertly crafted by a master storyteller." "My life has been touched by many noteworthy events," says Crisci. "Converting those events into entertaining and thoughtful books has become my professional passion. That's why I use a simple crafted, almost elegant style, to create approachable word pictures. I invite the reader to journey with me INTO the story." Crisci's body of literary work has received favorable reviews from a diverse variety of media outlets. His story of a tortured theatrical agent, Mary Jackson Peale, has been hailed as "one of the top ten books of the year," while Save the Last Dance, a 79-year love affair littered with broken promises has been called "a bittersweet love story for the ages." Despite having no Russian ancestry, Crisci has also completed two iconic books about Russian life and its heroes: Call Sign, White Lily, an Amazon historical fiction best-seller, and Seven Days in Russia, a revealing photo-journalistic peak into today's Russia. Recently, Mr. Crisci completed his first motion picture screenplay, ACE 44, in collaboration with one of Russia's most respected directors for the past three decades, Vladimir Alenikov. The one-of-a-kind love triangle involves a deadly teenage Russian female pilot, her dashing squad leader, and a decorated American war hero, set against the backdrop of WWII.