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New York Times Deloitte Hides From SEC Behind Chinese Wall Over Longtop Forbes I have been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Financial Times, Forbes, BusinessWeek, American Lawyer, California Lawyer, American Banker, Columbia Journalism Review, The Times of London, the Guardian, and the Financial … SEC takes Deloitte China unit to court Malaysia Star all 36 news articles
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TheStreet.com Low US Mortgage Rates a Sucker Trap TheStreet.com In the current negotiations taking place on this massive mortgage fraud , we have (on the one hand) the Wall Street bankers on their knees begging to have this systemic fraud simply swept under the carpet, and (on the other hand) the vast majority of US … and more
Think Progress Wall Street Bankers Whine That They Shouldn't Have To Pay For Their Fraud Think Progress Here's another reason for the rest of us to get mad at Wall Street . Even where the government can prove massive fraud in the mortgage market, the finance folks are saying the suits should be dropped. The suits were announced last Friday by the Federal …

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Posted on September 8th, 2011 in Fraud, Wall Street Scams | Comments Off
Feds Finally Find Financial Fraud Cases Small Enough to Prosecute BNET (blog) Look at this post from my BNET colleague Alain Sherter: Feds Are Burying Yet Another Case Of Wall Street Fraud . If that story doesn't get you depressed enough go down to the end and see the list of other stories Alain has done on this topic. … and more
Posted on September 7th, 2011 in Fraud, Wall Street Scams | Comments Off
Another voice: Protect taxpayers from the waste, fraud and abuse of wartime … Victoria Times Colonist The absence of a bureaucratic template to protect taxpayer interests echoes the financial collapse on Wall Street and the subprime mortgage debacle. Organized, moneyed interests lobbied hard to water down the rules and discourage any enforcement. … and more
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Feds Are Burying Yet Another Case of Wall Street Fraud BNET (blog) Anyone out there still think Wall Street banks didn't stomp all over the rule of law in the years leading up to the housing bust? American Banker has details of one scam that's just coming to light: Many of the country's largest banks received $6 … and more
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Gothamist Protestors Want To “Occupy” Wall Street , Not Quite Sure Why Gothamist Alan Greenspan and Robert Rubin are mainly to blame for it by collaborating with powerful bankers to de-regulate the system which basically gave wall street no rules to follow, which resulted in mass fraud and corruption which created the inflation. …

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Letters | Wednesday, Sept. 7 Kansas City Star The country is coping with a huge drought, crop failures, dust storms, monopolies, Wall Street failures, fraud , thousands of homeless people, foreclosures, and people evicted from their farms and homes by heartless banks. We have attempts by the rich … and more
Posted on September 6th, 2011 in Wall Street Scams | Comments Off
SEC Injunction Shutters LA-Based Life Settlement Firm's Ponzi Scam On Wall Street Marc Blau, assistant director of enforcement at the SEC's Los Angeles office, told On Wall Street , “Christian Stanley's actual investment in life insurance policies was de minimis at best.” The SEC complaint alleges that since March 2009, … and more
USA Today ” Fraud As a Business Model” Business Insider The Wall Street Journal reviewed data showing that a $38 million subprime-mortgage bond created in June 2006 was referenced in more than 30 debt pool causing around$280 million in losses to investors by 2008. In other words, Goldman kept repackaging, … EDITORIAL: Bailed-out banks laugh all the way … to the bank Middle East North Africa Financial Network The bungled politics of bank bashing Salon Ten Questions on the FHFA Mortgage Lawsuits Wall Street Journal (blog) all 242 news articles
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(From The Wall Street Journal) — The status-update era is changing the annual performance review. With many younger workers used to instant feedback—from text messages to Facebook and Twitter updates—annual reviews seem too few and far between. So companies are adopting quarterly, weekly or even daily feedback sessions. Not surprisingly, Facebook Inc. exemplifies the trend. The social network’s 2,000 employees are encouraged to solicit and give small nuggets of feedback regularly, after meetings, presentations and projects. “You don’t have to schedule time with someone. It’s a 45-second conversation—’How did that go? What could be done better?” says Lori Goler, the Palo Alto, Calif., social-networking company’s vice president of human resources. More formal reviews happen twice a year. For most companies, employee reviews are still an annual rite of passage. Some 51% of companies conduct formal performance reviews annually, while 41% of firms do semi-annual appraisals, according to a 2011 survey of 500 companies by the Corporate Executive Board Co., a research and advisory firm. Read more .
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Posted on September 5th, 2011 in Scams | Comments Off
This Congress SHOULD HAVE called for a Special Prosecutor who would vigorously go after everyone who created the mess, and anyone else who attempts to scam the public in future. (I like Elliot Spitzer ~ so, he played a little hanky-panky… Wall Street hates him & this is a GOOD thing.) 2. …. Now that We own Freddie and Fannie , why not set up a People's bank? One that can provide low-interest loans for all sorts of people who want to own a home, start a small …
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AFP British fraud office examining mortgage-backed securities AFP The landmark move had been urged by consumer advocates, who argued that Wall Street banks have not been held responsible for actions that caused the financial crisis. The crisis was sparked when a bubble in US housing prices popped and mortgage-backed … and more
Posted on September 4th, 2011 in Wall Street Scams | Comments Off
Harvard Still Denies Madoff Course as Professor Reaches Out Fox Business As I reported, Madoff has no problem waxing on about the evils of Wall Street , while pointing accusatory fingers at people like high profile hedge fund trader Steve Cohen. As he does, he is also engaging in a not-so-subtle attempt to remake his image … and more
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Connie Schultz: Republicans plowing right over voting rights Appeal-Democrat Republicans also worked the refs at The Wall Street Journal, which ran an opinion piece about Husted, titled “Ohio's Pro- Fraud Republican.” Husted has more plans to buck his party's leadership. Ohio's new voting law eliminates the requirement for poll …
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Raise more revenue and help small businesses Washington Post 3. Hire more federal employees to enforce regulations related to waste, fraud and abuse. The government lets too many regulatory positions go unfilled, allowing fraud on Wall Street and in programs such as Medicare to go undetected. … and more
Posted on September 3rd, 2011 in Fraud, Wall Street Scams | Comments Off
Scorpions in a Bottle: Wall Street Mavens Turn on Each Other Pacific Free Press by David DeGraw l AmpedStatus Finally, after trillions in fraudulent activity, trillions in bailouts, trillions in printed money, billions in political bribing and billions in bonuses, the criminal cartel members on Wall Street are beginning to get … and more
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Fox News Perry Used Jet of Donor Who Faces SEC Probe Wall Street Journal The investigation focuses on whether Life Partners provided inaccurately short estimates of insured people's life spans, a matter that was the subject of a Wall Street Journal article last December. The company has denied any wrongdoing and has said it … Perry Used Jet of Donor Facing Fraud Probe MyFox Dallas Perry used jet of donor facing fraud probe Daily Caller all 21 news articles
Posted on September 2nd, 2011 in Fraud, Wall Street Scams | Comments Off
USA Today Government Going After Banks for Shoddy Mortgage Securities The Atlantic Securities cases are hard to prove in the best of circumstances–even Eliot Spitzers' famous crusade against Wall Street consisted of getting fairly minor settlements from most of the big fish he went after . . . and losing every case he took to court. … THE FEDS TO SUE BIG BANKS OVER MORTGAGE LOANS IN HOUSING COLLAPSE Sky Valley Chronicle Government Regulator Sues Wall Street Banks For Fraud In Subprime Mortgage Deals Huffington Post US sues major banks Channel News Asia MSN Money
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Can Bank of America Survive Another Beating? AdvisorOne Now, before even the filing of the FHFA suit against BofA, Friday's Wall Street Journal reports that the Federal Reserve is asking BofA to suggest contingency plans it might undertake to arrest a dangerous slide in its stock. BofA has reportedly listed … and more
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BofA shares slide in early trading Charlotte Observer The decline comes after the Wall Street Journal reported today that the Federal Reserve pushed Bank of America to show what steps it could take if conditions there worsen. Among the options: issue a separate class of shares tied to the performance of … and more
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The 5 Dumbest Things on Wall Street : September 2 TheStreet.com The Toronto-based operator of commercial forest plantations in China announced Sunday the voluntary resignation of Chan as its CEO and chairman until the company can complete an investigation of fraud allegations made by muckraking short-seller Muddy … and more
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The Public Record Will Occupying Wall Street Be America's Tahrir Square Moment? The Public Record As The Project and others have stated before, traditional parliamentary avenues to remediate grievances have been corrupted by powerful interests, not the least of which is Wall Street : 1) Big banks are pushing hard to walk away from mortgage fraud …

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Globe and Mail Big Banks Face Suits on Mortgage Bond Losses Wall Street Journal The suits are likely to allege that mortgages that were securitized by Wall Street firms and other issuers misled investors about the quality of the loans. The FHFA filed the first of what could be around one dozen lawsuits in July against UBS AG, … THE FEDS TO SUE BIG BANKS OVER MORTGAGE FRAUD IN HOUSING COLLAPSE Sky Valley Chronicle Why the US is right to sue its own big banks MoneyWeek (blog) all 558 news articles
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India Digest: Breather for Maran as CBI Turns 2G heat on NDA Wall Street Journal (blog) The Wall Street Journal has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Breather for Maran as CBI turns 2G heat on NDA: The CBI told the Supreme Court in the 2G spectrum scam case that it does not have evidence of coercion by … and more
Posted on September 1st, 2011 in Fraud, Wall Street Scams | Comments Off
Chasing Madoff! Philadelphia Inquirer BY GARY THOMPSON By Tirdad Derakhshani Most of us know about Bernie Madoff's stunning, decades-in-the-making $50 billion Wall Street fraud scheme and the evil it wrought on thousands of investors when it finally collapsed in 2008. … Whistle-blower Harry Markopolos disheartened by Bernie Madoff probe in … Philadelphia Daily News all 5 news articles
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Business Insider Investment Advice Is One Of The Greatest Scams Of Our Time Business Insider The bottom line is that the investment advice business is perhaps one of the greatest consumer scams of our time. Rather than attempting to educate investors on the ills of Wall Street , regulators need to get serious about investor protection. … and more
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OpEdNews Feingold backs Schneiderman Politico (blog) Unfortunately, rather than holding them accountable, some politicians still want to let Wall Street off the hook. Iowa's Attorney General Tom Miller and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner are pushing for a nice, big gift to the banks: immunity from … Feingold's Progressives United Creates AG Call Tool for Foreclosure Fraud … Firedoglake The Man Who May Bring the Banksters to Justice (If They Don't Break His Knees … Huffington Post NY AG Schneiderman Gets Support Fighting Next “Bank Bailout” OpEdNews AMERICAblog (blog)
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Many of the stocks trading below book value are known by Wall Street insiders to be mini-Enrons and the SEC is a big part of the scam — look at Madoff and the millions of other frauds that happen in the stock market each day… It's pretty … We have advised on a fee only basis for clients and family offices for many years and have helped investors sell concentrated positions in newspaper stocks, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, AIG, and others prior to the crash. We see …
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Daily Mail HFMWeek Daily Snapshot – 1 September HFMWeek (blog) A top Goldman Sachs strategist has provided the firm's hedge fund clients with a particularly gloomy economic outlook and suggestions for how these traders can take advantage of the financial crisis in Europe, writes the Wall Street Journal. … Former Wall Street trader sent to prison for five-and-a-half years and ordered … Daily Mail Galleon Group Trader Craig Drimal Sentenced To 66 Months In Prison Forbes all 26 news articles
Posted on August 31st, 2011 in Fraud, Wall Street Scams | Comments Off
Does Wall Street Have Inside Info on This Stock? Benzinga While several small, Chinese companies have been implicated in wrongdoing and fraud , is LDK Solar one of them? The answer is no trader will know until it is too late. No Wall Street trader, that is. It may only be speculation, but it is possible that … and more
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Daily Mail Madoff to Gasparino: You're a 'Hatchet Man' Fox Business Madoff wrote me in one of our first emails that he “is building an Entrepreneur course” around his experiences starting his electronic trading business, and his role in creating the largest electronic market on Wall Street , the Nasdaq stock market. … 2005 Letter to the SEC from Harry Markopolos Explaining that Bernie Madoff's … GuruFocus.com Bernie Madoff: I'm innocent of £30bn scam Mirror.co.uk Guns, squirms and steals The Economist (blog) St. Louis Jewish Light
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High Tide: From Unfreezing Libyan Assets To A Guilty Plea In Pennsylvania Wall Street Journal (blog) In case you missed it, Corruption Currents broke a story in Wednesday's edition of The Wall Street Journal. People familiar with the matter said Oracle Corp. is being investigated for possibly violating US anti-bribery law over its …
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PRESS DIGEST – Wall Street Journal – Aug 31 Reuters Aug 31 (Reuters) – The following were the top stories in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * US authorities are investigating whether software developer Oracle violated … and more
Posted on August 25th, 2011 in Fraud, Wall Street Scams | Comments Off
The Ratings Agencies, Part 2: Fiduciary Duty TheStreet.com Indeed, it could be argued that they are worse than worthless: since they created the illusion of safety and/or quality with respect to trillions of dollars in Wall Street fraud -products. Despite the fact that the ratings agencies do everything …
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Posted on August 25th, 2011 in Fraud, Wall Street Scams | Comments Off
What That Exposé of the Fed's Secret Bailout Told Us… And What It Didn't Huffington Post (blog) We already knew that there have been no indictments of senior Wall Street executives, despite abundant evidence of criminality, and that many cases of stock fraud have been settled with no convictions and relatively small cash settlements. … and more
Posted on August 25th, 2011 in Fraud, Wall Street Scams | Comments Off
Boston Globe Madoff: I'm a Victim, Too Fox Business The fraud came crashing down, of course, in the fall of 2008, when the big European banks, fearing the Wall Street financial meltdown, began to abandon him and withdrew more money than he could raise. Madoff doesn't mention how his “terrible mistake” … Bernie Madoff Tells Gasparino He's a Victim of Wall Street Wall Street Pit Chasing Madoff Boston Globe Chasing Madoff Directed by Jeff Prosserman Exclaim! Bloomberg
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Asset Forfeitures Snag Innocent Bystanders ABA Journal But critics charge the practice also has a dark side, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) reports. Sometimes innocent bystanders lose their property, and they face a tough fight to get it back. Civil forfeiture laws require a showing by a preponderance … and more
Posted on August 24th, 2011 in Fraud, Wall Street Scams | Comments Off
Former Morgan Stanley Stockbroker Sentenced to Prison On Wall Street A former Morgan Stanley Dean Witter stockbroker was sentenced this week to almost five years in prison and ordered to pay his former employer $1.5 million in restitution in connection with fraud charges. …
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Matt Taibbi Exposes How SEC Shredded Thousands of Investigations truthout It's—you know, for Wall Street crime, it's the SEC and the US Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York are the two main sort of policing organizations that prevent things like insider trading, market manipulation, securities fraud . … and more
Rants: How do those credit-rating agencies rate? MPNnow.com Moreover, Wall Street hardly had to exert itself at all to earn top ratings for what everyone there knew was toxic garbage. The ratings agencies were complicit in the largest scam to ever afflict the US economy. While the federal government has not … and more
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The L Magazine Chesto: A real-life Hollywood thriller MetroWest Daily News There's the dogged team of heroes, coming up against one brick wall after another. There's the well-connected Wall Street wizard who plows forward with his devious plans untouched, year after year, wrecking more victims' lives. … “Chasing Madoff” long before feds did CBS News Madoff's whistleblower's next 15 minutes of fame NECN Unmasking Bernie Madoff The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A. Wicked Local (blog)
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New York Times UCLA law professor opposes naming institute after Lowell Milken Los Angeles Times Alumnus linked to Wall Street junk bond scandal donates $10 million to help found a business law institute. Lynn A. Stout says he is not 'an appropriate model' for students and will hurt UCLA's reputation. Milken Family Foundation Chairman Lowell … When looking a gift horse in the mouth, it's best to accurately count the … Forbes all 24 news articles
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Wicked Local (blog) “Chasing Madoff” long before feds did CBS News I thought it was Wall Street and I found out it was actually chasing bad guys on Wall Street , so it was totally different then what I expected, but now I have found my calling,” Markopolos said. As for Madoff, he is currently in a North Carolina jail … Unmasking Bernie Madoff The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A. Chasing down Eliot Spitzer – not Bernie Madoff – on the same night at the JFK … Wicked Local (blog) August 26th Premiere of Documentary “Chasing Madoff” Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog) all 7 news articles
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Politico Conservative elites pine for 2012 hero Politico The problem, in shorthand: To many conservative elites, Rick Perry is a dope, Michele Bachmann is a joke, and Mitt Romney is a fraud . They don't publicly express their judgments in such harsh terms but the low regard is obvious: The Wall Street … and more
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Los Angeles Times States' foreclosure talks with big mortgage servicers stall Los Angeles Times Kamala D. Harris is considering joining a joint effort by New York and Delaware to pursue a wide-ranging probe into Wall Street's role in the mortgage meltdown. She has said publicly she is interested in pursuing investigations that involve the … and more
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Fraud in a lab coat Boston Globe Between 2001 and 2010, the number of retractions increased more than 15-fold, according to a recent investigation by the Wall Street Journal. There were 22 retractions in 2001, and 339 last year, according to the Journal, over a period of time when the …
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Posted on August 19th, 2011 in Fraud, Wall Street Scams | Comments Off
10 Tips To Help Protect Yourself Against Financial Fraud Forbes I have become an active reporter with Forbes, The Wall Street Journal Market Watch, Fortune, Business Insider, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, New York Daily News, Boston Globe and others. The author is a Forbes contributor. … and more
A weak economy trampled by battling giants Boston Globe Now, as the crisis moves into its next phase, it's stalking a group of battered Wall Street institutions and promises to be just as destabilizing as the first. Toxic mortgages brought down the economy, and they are still bedeviling big banks. … and more
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Los Angeles Times A tough message for Bernard Madoff's victims Los Angeles Times Congress enacted the Securities Investor Protection Act in 1970 to help Wall Street switch from printed securities squirreled away in investors' safe-deposit boxes to electronic ones managed by registered broker-dealers. To help persuade investors to … and more