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  1. Jordan Ross Belfort ( / ˈbɛlfərt /; born July 9, 1962) is an American former stockbroker, financial criminal, and businessman who 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 in 1999. [4]

    • Jordan Ross Belfort, July 9, 1962 (age 61), New York City, U.S.
    • Released April 2006 after 22 months
    • 22 months in federal prison, one month in rehab, $110 million in restitution
  2. Apr 3, 2014 · Learn about the life and career of Jordan Belfort, the former stockbroker and author of The Wolf of Wall Street. Find out how he made millions in the 1990s through his illegal investment firm, Stratton Oakmont, and how he faced legal troubles, addiction and prison.

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  3. Oct 8, 2023 · Jordan Belfort is a former Wall Street trader and the founder of Stratton Oakmont, a firm that ran penny stock scams. He was convicted of fraud and sentenced to four years in prison, but served only 22 months. He wrote two best-selling memoirs, The Wolf of Wall Street and Way of the Wolf, and became a motivational speaker and author.

  4. Jordan Belfort: Real Wolf of Wall Street sues film studio for $300m. Jordan Belfort says the filmmakers lied to him when he first sold them the rights to his story.

  5. Feb 6, 2024 · Learn about the real Jordan Belfort, the notorious stock-broker who inspired Martin Scorsese's dark comedy. Find out how the film accurately and inaccurately portrays his rise and fall, his crimes and addictions, and his relationships with women and colleagues.

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  8. Jan 12, 2014 · A profile of the infamous stock swindler who inspired a Martin Scorsese film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Learn about his rise and fall, his crimes and his defence, and the investigators who exposed him.

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