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Wired on Wall Street

Wired on Wall Street: The Rise and Fall of Tipper X, One of the FBI’s Most Prolific Informants is a thrilling, entertaining read for anyone drawn to financial crime investigations, ethical dilemmas, and the possibility of personal redemption after crossing the line.

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the inside story of

Tipper X

Riveting. Emotional. Entertaining. Inspiring. Through vivid storytelling, Tom shares his journey down the slippery slope into criminal activity and the impact it had on friends and family. He discusses the psychological traps which pulled him into a spiral of rationalization. Tom takes the audience on an authentic journey of opportunity and temptation, one that mirrors that of so many young professionals who have found themselves employed on Wall Street. Tom conveys his experience in a way that is both engaging and informative. Starting with the smallest, seemingly harmless decisions, crossing the line between questionable and illegal is both deceptively easy and incredibly costly.

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about the author

Tom Hardin

Tom Hardin, better known by his undercover moniker “Tipper X,” was a young New York City financial analyst who secretly wore a wire for the FBI in the largest insider trading sting of a generation. His cooperation helped bring down some of Wall Street’s biggest targets. Today, Tom is a global keynote speaker, corporate trainer, and board advisor on behavioral ethics, compliance, and culture risk. Having taken full responsibility for his past, he now draws on his personal story to explore why even well-intentioned professionals can make the wrong decisions, and how to prevent it.

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"As an FBI agent for over 25 years, I’ve met my share of people who lost their moral compass on Wall Street. Tom Hardin’s story is different—brutally honest, self-reflective, and deeply human. Wired on Wall Street is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how good people can go wrong and how they can make things right."

—FBI Special Agent Gregory Coleman (Ret.), case agent on The Wolf of Wall Street investigation

"This candid, riveting tale should be issued on day one to anybody who dreams of success on Wall Street. But, it is also much more. Hardin's book is a blaring alarm for a society in which some of our most powerful people break the rules with the unspoken justification: everyone else is doing it."

—Evan Osnos, National Book Award winner and author of The Haves and Have-Yachts

"This remarkable book takes readers inside the high-stakes world of Wall Street, the devastating cost of ethical shortcuts, and the long road to redemption. I know Tom personally and have always admired his unflinching honesty in showing how the pursuit of success can lead to bad decisions—but how confronting failure head-on opens the door to self-reflection. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how financial pressure and rationalization can turn the road to riches into a dead end."

—John Gill, President at Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

"Tom Hardin takes you inside the psychology of ambition and self-deception with zero sugarcoating. Wired on Wall Street reads like a thriller, but every word actually happened. It’s a powerful story of redemption and self-awareness that proves a second act is still possible for people willing to do the work to rebuild their lives."

—Jordan Harbinger, creator of The Jordan Harbinger Show

"Wired on Wall Street is a riveting memoir from the most prolific FBI informant in Wall Street history. Hardin's first-hand account of how chasing an edge in the secretive, high-stakes world of hedge funds is not only a thriller that exposes how power, pressure, and paranoia collide inside modern finance, but a personal indictment about how greed can consume even the most earnest of young men.”

—Ian Frisch, author of Magic is Dead and Inside the Cartel