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Mortgage Fraud Task Force

Ben Hallman

Subprime Bankers Have Much To Be Thankful For

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 11.21.2012 | Business
Read More: Mortgage Fraud Task Force, Credit Suisse, Eric Schneiderman, Wells Fargo, Mortgage Fraud Jpmorgan, Bank of America, Mortgage Fraud, Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Fraud Credit Suisse, Angelo Mozilo, Mortgage Fraud Lawsuits, Mortgage Fraud Charges, Video, Business News

Even in the movie version of the financial crisis, the giant mortgage company accused by the U.S. government of rampant fraud and abuse wouldn't be so...

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Ben Hallman

Too Big To Jail: Wall St. Execs Unlikely to Face Criminal Charges, Source Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 09.08.2012 | Business
Read More: Goldman Sachs, Mortgage Settlement, Mortgage Fraud Task Force, Eric Schneiderman, Jed Rakoff, Financial Crime, Financial Crisis, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Securities and Exchange Commission, National Mortgage Settlement, New York Attorney General, Eric Holder, Business News

A last-ditch effort by federal and state law enforcement authorities to hold Wall Street accountable for nearly bringing down the U.S. economy is unli...

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As Evidence Mounts, DC Insiders Worry About Holder's Inaction on Wall Street Crime

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 09.08.2012 | Politics
Read More: Reelection, Mortgage Fraud Task Force, One Percent, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Wall Street Reform, Banks, Wall Street, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

The problem isn't a shortage of scandalous stories. We've seen a lot of those. What we haven't seen, at least here in the United States, is a single indictment of a senior Wall Street banker from the United States Department of Justice.

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President Obama Needs to Get Serious About the Financial Crimes Unit

Becky Bond | Posted 06.09.2012 | Politics
Read More: Foreclosures, Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Fraud, Fraud, Financial Fraud, Mortgage Fraud Task Force, Foreclosure Fraud, Eric Schneiderman, Financial Crimes, Obama Financial Reform, Financial Crimes Unit, Politics News
Becky Bond

President Obama needs to give the Department of Justice task force the resources required to launch a serious investigation that will bring about real accountability before the statutes of limitations run out for Wall Street's crimes.

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Ryan Grim

Wall Street Task Force Faces Major Challenge

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.28.2012 | Politics
Read More: Securitization, Elizabeth Warren, Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Fraud Task Force, Mortgage Settlement, Eric Schneiderman, Mortgage Fraud, Mortgage Crisis, Banks, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Securities Fraud, Brad Miller, Politics News

A task force is a fickle thing. With the right leader, a strong staff, a broad mandate and a target population rich with criminal actors, a team of pr...

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Eric Schneiderman: Hero or Goat?

Robert Kuttner | Posted 03.30.2012 | Business
Read More: Housing Market Collapse, Schneiderman Investigations, Eric Schneiderman, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Fraud Task Force, Barack Obama, Tim Geithner, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Investigation, Eric Holder, Business News
Robert Kuttner

Given the administration's feeble record on prosecutions to date, the critics are right to flag the likelihood that people like Attorney General Eric Holder and SEC enforcement chief Robert Khazumi will try to sandbag Eric Schneiderman. But they shouldn't underestimate him.

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