ABSTRACT
Members of the elite involved in financial misconduct and crime sometimes write their own version of the stories in terms of autobiographies. In this chapter, we study a sample of six books. In the United States, Jordan Belfort was convicted of fraud and related crime in connection with stock-market manipulation as the founder and chief executive at Stratton Oakmont. In Norway, Terje Bogen was convicted of bank fraud as the founder and chief executive at Sponsor Service. In Norway, Terje Eriksen was convicted of accounting fraud as the chief auditor for an organized criminal who committed suicide. In Norway, Gunn Fosse was convicted of subsidy fraud as the chief accountant at ferry company OVDS. In the United States, Bernard Kerik was convicted of tax fraud and false statements as the police commissioner in New York City. In Germany, Thomas Middelhoff was convicted of fraud as the chief executive at Arcandor. These autobiographies are interesting generally in terms of convenience perspectives, and specifically in terms of their extent of presentations as crime offenders or scandal victims.
