Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.
by Evan Ratliff
appears in True Crime, Mystery & Crime, and History.
The incredible true story of the decadelong quest to bring down Paul Le Roux?the creator of a frighteningly powerful Internetenabled cartel who merged the ruthlessness of a drug lord with the technological savvy of a Silicon Valley entrepreneurIt all started as an online prescription drug network, supplying hundreds of millions of dollars' worth ...
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“Bradley Hope stitches reporting into a cinematic account of a flamboyant 'modern Gatsby' and the billion-dollar schemes that followed. The narrative favors scene-by-scene reconstructions, interviews, and a reporter's eye for scandal, so it moves more like crime reporting than a finance textbook. Its useful part is storytelling: vivid episodes and timeline reconstruction that make complex deals feel tangible. Its limitation is repetition and transactional overload—readers seeking systematic, analytical explanations of the mechanics may find the account anecdote-heavy and unevenly paced.”
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