Author: DIFONZO, LUIGI
Title: St. Peter's Banker: Michele Sindona
Description: New York: Franklin Watts, 1983. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0531098893. Illustrated by Ginger Giles. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some minor bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. "Within a year of the Gambino family's choosing him to manage their heroin profits, Sindona had bought his first bank. He also became a friend of future Pope Giovanni Battista Montini; Montini was at the time archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milan and Cardinal. By the time Montini became Pope Paul VI, Sindona had acquired, through his holding company Fasco, many more Italian banks, and his progress continued right up to the beginning of his association with the Vatican Bank in 1969. Huge amounts of money moved from Sindona's banks through the Vatican to Swiss banks, and he began speculating against major currencies on a large scale." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0531098893 True Crime Crime Luigi DiFonzo The Vatican Catholic Church finances Fraud Franklin National Bank
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Title: St. Peter's Banker: Michele Sindona
Description: New York: Franklin Watts, 1983. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0531098893. Illustrated by Ginger Giles. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some minor bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. "Within a year of the Gambino family's choosing him to manage their heroin profits, Sindona had bought his first bank. He also became a friend of future Pope Giovanni Battista Montini; Montini was at the time archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milan and Cardinal. By the time Montini became Pope Paul VI, Sindona had acquired, through his holding company Fasco, many more Italian banks, and his progress continued right up to the beginning of his association with the Vatican Bank in 1969. Huge amounts of money moved from Sindona's banks through the Vatican to Swiss banks, and he began speculating against major currencies on a large scale." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 0531098893 True Crime Crime Luigi DiFonzo The Vatican Catholic Church finances Fraud Franklin National Bank
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 44489
- Book number: 44489
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