By jdubble07
(2017-03-20)Danny Porush is an American entrepreneur and former stock broker who is known for his supervision of a "pump and dump" stock fraud scheme in the 1990s. In 1999, as the president of Stratton Oakmont brokerage house, Porush was convicted of securities fraud and money laundering, for which he served 39 months in prison. The character of Donnie Azoff, played by Jonah Hill, in the popular 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street was loosely based on Porush.