num_pages: 288
description: Explains how Martin Frankel, a nerdy financial whiz, created a complex Ponzi scheme that embroiled some of the world's most powerful business leaders and led federal authorities on a bizarre manhunt from America across Europe.
language: English
title: The Pretender: How Martin Frankel Fooled the Financial World and Led the Feds on One of the Most Publicized Manhunts in History
titlecomplete: The Pretender: How Martin Frankel Fooled the Financial World and Led the Feds on One of the Most Publicized Manhunts in History (Wall Street Journal Book)
genres: History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 46
publisher: Free Press