Metal men : how Marc Rich defrauded the country, evaded the law, and became the world's most sought after corporate criminal

Marc Rich -- the most wanted white-collar criminal in America -- was one of the most successful metal traders in the world. Before there was Michael Milken or Ivan Boesky, Rich rose through the ranks to amass a multibillion dollar fortune in the halcyon days of high-flying commodities trading. But he did it by cutting corners and pulling the wool over the eyes of his competitors. Eventually his companies pleaded guilty to 38 counts of tax evasion, paying $90 million in fines. Rich fled to Switzerland, where he faced a potential jail term of over 300 years if he ever returned to the United States. This is a story of greed, corruption, and money gone wild, in truly astronomical proportions. Posing as a commodities trader, A. Craig Copetas goes behind the scenes to give us a riveting, true-to-life portrait of Rich's corrupt world and his incredible escape from the law. Tells the story of Marc Rich, a commodities broker who earned over ten billion dollars in the metals market, was convicted on thirty-eight counts of tax evasion, and fled to Switzerland CITY OF LONDON, core of the industrial trading world, had fallen prey to a damp North Sea winter.