THE PRU-BACHE MURDER The Fast Life and Grisly Death of a Millionaire Stockbroker

Paperback. Michael Prozumenshikov left his native Russia in 1977 and joined the small, close-knit Russian émigré community in Minneapolis, St. Paul. Strong-willed and ambitious, he grew restless with his inability to get ahead - until he discovered stocks and bonds. He taught himself the trade, and within a year was pulling down a six-figure annual income at a major brokerage house. With the heady eighties in full swing, Michael exuberantly played the market by his own rules - trading without his clients' consent, pushing them into outrageously risky trading strategies, and using insider knowledge. But as Michael got rich off commissions, many of his clients lost everything. One of these, a friend and fellow Russian, was driven by financial disaster to strike back - with an axe. Illus., Epilogue + Author's Note and Index. 359pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp., sl. sunned sp. Vg.