July 28, 2014 | Features
The Trials of the Kabbalah Capitalist

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto ministered to machers in New York and Israel. Then God had a change of heart.

June 2, 2014 | Features
The Taming of the Trading Monster

After his firm’s indictment, Steven A. Cohen is richer than ever—but almost everything has changed.

January 6, 2013 |
The A-Rod E-Mails

The slugger and the suit: a baseball bromantic tragedy.

December 9, 2013 |
Chasing A-Rod

The struggle between Major League Baseball and one of its greatest hitters over steroids is total war—fought with six-figure payoffs in the tanning salons and strip malls of South Florida.

October 21, 2013 | Features
Post Mortem

A (somewhat premature) newspaper autopsy.

June 24, 2013 | Features
Nelson Castro in the Machine

Created by the Bronx political Establishment—then sent out by the D.A. with a recorder to try to bring fellow politicians down.

May 13, 2013 | Features
Al Gore’s Golden Years

The almost president has become the ultimate Davos Man, a moral entrepreneur and richer than Mitt Romney.

March 4, 2013 | Features
The Dean of Corruption

Cecilia Chang, the St. John’s fund-raiser who committed suicide after her epic fraud was exposed, tried to keep her superiors happy with gifts of watches, vacations, custom suits, and fine wine. It worked, for a while.

September 24, 2012 | Features
We’re Going to Take Over F---ing Hollywood

Armed with the story of the Teflon Don, John Gotti Jr. and his new crew are trying to make the movie business an offer it can’t refuse.

June 11, 2012 | Features
“Hello, I Am Sabu ... ”

From a housing project on Avenue D, a hacker mastermind of Anonymous and LulzSec was out to upend many worlds. Including his own.