By P.J. Huffstutter CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Russell Wasendorf Sr., who admitted looting more than $100 ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — For years, Russ Wasendorf Sr. enjoyed the perks of being a successful businessman: a corporate jet, a fancy swimming pool a...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Disgraced businessman Russ Wasendorf Sr. should receive the maximum 50-year prison sentence for a $215 million fraud that vic...
* Wasendorf was arrested in July, firm is in bankruptcy * Wasendorf's lawyer asks judge to release him to pastor * Recei...
* Bankruptcy trustee discloses missing coins, gold * Silver four-coin sets sold for $259 each * Retail value of missing ...
Aug 13 (Reuters) - Peregrine Financial Group CEO Russell Wasendorf Sr. was indicted on charges of making and using false statements to regulators, the...
* CEO's receiver seeks to unload insurance policies, plane * One policy has cash surrender value of about $1.3 million *...
By Ann Saphir CHICAGO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The hunt for the assets of Peregrine Financial Group CEO Russell Wasendorf Sr. has yielded a...
CHICAGO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Several customers of Peregrine Financial Group are suing the failed futures brokerage's chief executive officer, Russell ...
By Kevin Drawbaugh and Dena Aubin July 29 (Reuters) - When Peregrine Financial collapsed earlier this month, a nagging question resurfa...
By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, July 27 (Reuters) - Russell R. Wasendorf Sr., chief executive of Peregrine Financial Group, who was arres...
* "Hard to envision" Peregrine CEO acted alone-son's lawyer * NFA president also raised possibility CEO had accomplice *...
* NFA president says auditors followed proper procedures * But says audit steps "not good enough anymore" * CFTC's Gensl...
Is it my imagination, or does every week bring news of another financial scandal? No, it’s not my imagination. First up: Peregrine Financial Grou...
First, there was a banking crisis. Now, after the collapse of Peregrine Financial Group, commodities markets may be on the brink of their own emergenc...
As we applaud more and more women rising to positions of power, we wonder--would more women commit fraud if only they had the opportunity?
(Reuters) - Silver SpongeBob SquarePants coins minted by a private company in New Zealand were among assets seized by FBI agents from Peregrine Financ...
* NFA let firms verbally pledge to do better-2002 report * CFTC report called practice troubling * Report came during mi...
By Ann Saphir CHICAGO, July 18 (Reuters) - Peregrine Financial Group CEO Russell Wasendorf Sr., who last week confessed to bilking fu...
Thing One: Are My Methods Unsound? See, this right here is exactly why Jamie Dimon worries that financial regulations will destroy America. Most of...
Most of Peregrine Financial Group's missing money is likely gone. CEO Russell Wasendorf Sr. allegedly spent a significant chunk of the embezzled $...
When Leon Bressert first heard that his former employer, Peregrine Financial Group, had collapsed amid fraud allegations, he was not surprised. “I w...
* 20-year-fraud raises questions about NFA oversight * Sources say NFA auditors typically new college grads * NFA offici...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa July 13 (Reuters) - Russell Wasendorf Sr., the founder and CEO of failed futures brokerage PFGBest, faces "up to decades in priso...
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. futures industry investigators are looking into why Iowa-based collapsed brokerage PFGBest used a tiny accounting ...
