The mastermind drugs, empire, murder, betrayal

"The incredible true story of the decade-long quest to bring down Paul Le Roux--the creator of a powerful Internet-enabled cartel who merged the ruthlessness of a drug lord with the technological savvy of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. It all started as an online prescription drug network, supplying...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ratliff, Evan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 on1048445404
003 OCoLC
005 20190405160400.0
008 180809t20192019nyuaf b 001 0beng c
010 |a  2018035751 
019 |a 1083642420 
020 |a 9780399590412  |q hardcover 
020 |a 0399590412  |q hardcover 
020 |z 9780399590429  |q ebook 
020 |z 0399590420  |q ebook 
035 |a (OCoLC)1048445404  |z (OCoLC)1083642420 
040 |a PUL  |b eng  |e rda  |c PUL  |d OCLCF  |d ORX  |d JBO  |d OQX  |d IEB  |d IK2  |d CASPL  |d ZVR  |d MDB  |d MYL  |d DCH  |d GZM  |d QQ3  |d IGA  |d JTH  |d YDX  |d PFLCL  |d TXKYL  |d LEB  |d FSP  |d PX0  |d BUR  |d OCP  |d DLC  |d OCLCO  |d DPB  |d WSD  |d FDB  |d CWPCP  |d T3B  |d OCJ  |d MCT  |d JQJ  |d AZT  |d JTQ  |d OCLCO  |d TXWBR  |d AJB  |d MJ8  |d OCLCO  |d TV7  |d GL4  |d IDQ  |d ZDX  |d PPN  |d LIV  |d ZQP  |d FPJ  |d FIC  |d IUL  |d OCLCO  |d VAX  |d DYJ  |d FEM  |d OCLCO  |d COO  |d OCLCO  |d UPM  |d PCB 
042 |a pcc 
050 0 0 |a HV6248.L343  |b R37 2019 
082 0 0 |a 364.1092  |a B  |2 23 
100 1 |a Ratliff, Evan,  |e author. 
245 1 4 |a The mastermind :  |b drugs, empire, murder, betrayal /  |c Evan Ratliff. 
250 |a First edition. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Random House,  |c [2019] 
264 4 |c Ã2019 
300 |a xxxi, 446 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :  |b illustrations ;  |c 25 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Openings -- Pawns and kings -- Endgame. 
520 |a "The incredible true story of the decade-long quest to bring down Paul Le Roux--the creator of a powerful Internet-enabled cartel who merged the ruthlessness of a drug lord with the technological savvy of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. It all started as an online prescription drug network, supplying hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of painkillers to American customers. It would not stop there. Before long, the business had turned into a sprawling multinational conglomerate engaged in almost every conceivable aspect of criminal mayhem. Yachts carrying $100 million in cocaine. Safe houses in Hong Kong filled with gold bars. Shipments of methamphetamine from North Korea. Weapons deals with Iran. Mercenary armies in Somalia. Teams of hit men in the Philippines. Encryption programs so advanced that the government could not break them. The man behind it all, pulling the strings from a laptop in Manila, was Paul Calder Le Roux--a reclusive programmer turned criminal genius who could only exist in the networked world of the twenty-first century, and the kind of self-made crime boss that American law enforcement had never imagined. For half a decade, DEA agents played a global game of cat-and-mouse with Le Roux as he left terror and chaos in his wake. Each time they came close, he would slip away. It would take relentless investigative work, and a shocking betrayal from within his organization, to catch him. And when he was finally caught, the story turned again, as Le Roux struck a deal to bring down his own organization and the people he had once employed. Award-winning investigative journalist Evan Ratliff spent four years piecing together this intricate puzzle, chasing Le Roux's empire and his shadowy henchmen around the world, conducting hundreds of interviews and uncovering thousands of documents. The result is a riveting, unprecedented account of a crime boss built by and for the digital age."--Dust jacket. 
600 1 0 |a Le Roux, Paul Calder. 
650 0 |a Criminals  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a Drug traffic. 
655 7 |a Biographies.  |2 lcgft 
994 |a C0  |b PCB 
949 |a schlow  |b SANON  |c 364.1092 RAT  |d i  |e 39635103964427  |f 659539  |g ddc  |j 04/01/2019 
999 |a 430133