Blog post #1
The Wolf of Wall Street The "Wolf of Wall Street" is a comical movie illustrating the fast life of Wall Street investor, Jordan Belfort who is portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio. Belfort initially began his journey by selling penny stocks for a large commission, and eventually working his way up to making his own investment company where he profited over $100 million dollars. All of his success and achievements came through the use of fraud and money laundering, where he scammed thousands of citizens who used his services. Yet, Belfort did not seem to mind to what he was doing as long as he was able to afford his lavish and wild lifestyle. He did anything and everything that a wealthy man with no ethics would do. This included but was not limited to: routinely having office parties which involved hookers, alcohol, and drugs, paying one of his female employees $10,000 to shave her head, and flying a helicopter in the middle of the night while being extremely intoxicated. The...