Daniel Mark Porush was born on February 1957 and is an American businessman, former stock broker and convicted criminal who helped run a pump and dump stock fraud scheme in the 1990s at the Stratton Oakmont brokerage in collaboration with Jordan Belfort.
10 Facts About Danny Porush
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Danny Porush has called the portrayal inaccurate and threatened to sue the filmmakers to prevent him from being depicted.
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Danny Porush attended Dickinson College and Boston University but did not graduate.
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In 1994, Danny Porush took over as chairman and CEO of Stratton after Belfort was barred from the industry.
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Danny Porush was released on probation in 2004 after serving 39 months.
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Danny Porush has said that many of the movie's scenes are fictional.
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The character's name was changed during movie development after Danny Porush threatened to sue Paramount Pictures if he was depicted.
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The lawsuit alleged that telemarketers, under Danny Porush's guidance, made unsolicited calls to citizens and used high-pressure sales tactics to push them to accept medical supplies they might not have wanted.
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In 1986, Danny Porush married his cousin Nancy; they divorced in 2000.
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Danny Porush said he owned no assets and that everything belonged to his second wife.