01175cam a2200205 4500 55699248 TxAuBib 19991117120000.0 991117s1992||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 92-37248 9780395623398 24.95 0395623391 24.95 TxAuBib TRUELL, PETER AND LARRY GURWIN. FALSE PROFITS : INSIDE STORY OF BCCI, THE WORLD'S MOST CORRUPT FINANCIAL EMPIRE. NEW YORK : HOUGHTON MIFFIN CO., 1992. 493 PAGES : HARDBACK. THE DECEPTION BEGAN WITH ITS NAME, FOR THE BANK OF CREDIT AND COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL WAS NEVER TRULY A BANK. BCCI WAS, FROM THE START, A MONSTROUS FRAUD: BEHIND A CONVINCING FACADE, A SHADOWY GROUP OF PAKISTANI FINANCIERS AND ARAB SHEIKHS ORGANIZED A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE OF UN PRECEDENTED PROPORTIONS. NOW, IN THIS AUTHORITATIVE BOOK, TWO AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISTS TELL THE SHOCK-ING STORY OF HOW BCCI USED AN ARRAY OF SCHEMES TO STEAL BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND ULTIMATELY BUY POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. 19991117.