The Wolf of Wall Street movie is based on the true story of which former American stock broker?

Jordan Ross Belfort (born July 9, 1962) is an American author, motivational speaker, and former stockbroker. In 1999, he pleaded guilty to fraud and related crimes in connection with stock-market manipulation and running a boiler room as part of a penny-stock scam. Belfort spent 22 months in prison as part of an agreement under which he gave testimony against numerous partners and subordinates in his fraud scheme. He published the memoir The Wolf of Wall Street, which was adapted into a film and released in 2013.

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Mark Ann Dubaz

Greed is so evil.

catmom

I think the only one that was way worse was Bernie Madoff -- he even scammed his own people in his own Synagogue. You can't get lower than that. Almost everyone & their brother, ugh. He had no conscience & unfortunately his own 2 sons paid the price -- one by stress with cancer (the stress had to play a part in this) & the other one committed suicide as well. Horrible!!