Jordan Belfort

Also known as Jordan Ross Belfort, Jordan R. Belfort

Jordan Ross Belfort 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. Belfort spent 22 months in prison as part of an agreement under which, becoming an informant for the FBI and wearing a covert listening device ("wire"), he gave testimony against numerous partners and subordinates in his fraud scheme. He published the memoir The Wolf of Wall Street in 2007, which was adapted into Martin Scorsese's film of the same name released in 2013, in which he was played by Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Born: Jordan Ross Belfort , ( 1962-07-09 ) July 9, 1962 (age 63) , New York City , U.S.
Alma mater: American University ( BS )
Occupations: Businessman speaker author
Criminal status: Released April 2006 after 22 months
Convictions: Securities fraud , money laundering
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Jordan Ross Belfort (/ˈbɛlfərt/; born July 9, 1962) is an American former stockbroker, 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. Belfort spent 22 months in prison as part of an agreement under which, becoming an informant for the FBI and wearing a covert listening device ("wire"), he gave testimony against numerous partners and subordinates in his fraud scheme. He published the memoir The Wolf of Wall Street in 2007, which was adapted into Martin Scorsese's film of the same name released in 2013, in which he was played by Leonardo DiCaprio.

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