At Any Cost - The South African Fraudster Who Took The Tech World For More Than $40 Million (Paperback)

Eran Eyal had it all: a trendy New York apartment, a jet-set lifestyle and investors lining up to get in on his million-dollar cryptocurrency start-up, Shopin. He had come a long way from an ordinary middle-class childhood in Durban and the burgeoning tech start-up world of Cape Town.

But the New York authorities pounced in 2018, charged him with fraud and packed him off to Rikers Island. There began the gobsmacking unravelling of a scam that spanned investors across the globe and revealed that Eyal had built a house of cards involving fictitious products, clients and advisors for Shopin and his previous company, Springleap. As more than $40 million went up in smoke, the South African entrepreneur was exposed as an audacious fraudster determined to succeed at any cost – even if it meant spinning a web of  lies to do so.

“An age-old narrative about ego and flying too close to the sun as well as a modern version of greed in the tech world.” Michael Jordaan

“Eyal proves definitively that a thousand white lies can get you convicted of fraud. This book meticulously walks the reader though the start-up lies that ended in tears.” Nic Haralambous

General

Imprint:	Tafelberg
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	February 2021
Authors:	Stephen Timm
Dimensions:	234 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-624-09117-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Financial crises & disasters Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Computer fraud & hacking Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Offenders > General Books > Local Author Showcase > Business Promotions > Black Friday 2024 > Books > Biographies Promotions > Black Friday 2024 > Books > Business Promotions > Black Friday 2024 > Books > Sociology Books > Promotion > Festive Savings > Business Books > Promotion > Festive Savings > Social Studies
LSN:	0-624-09117-1
Barcode:	9780624091172

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