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New York AG, Feds On Defensive About Mortgage Fraud Task Force

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Schneiderman Mortgage Task Force, Eric Schneiderman, Financial Reform, Mortgage Crisis, Robert Khuzami, Financial Crisis, Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Eric Holder, Mortgage Task Force, Business News

It's been a little less than three months since President Barack Obama announced the creation of a new task force to investigate the mortgage and bank...

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The Latest SEC/Goldman Sachs Sweetheart Deal Is the Worst One Yet

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Sweetheart Deal, Goldman Sachs, Sec, Robert Khuzami, Banking, Banks, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall Street, Business News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

The $22 million agreement with Goldman Sachs which the SEC announced yesterday -- another one in which the guilty party "neither confirms nor denies wrongdoing" -- looks like the worst deal yet.

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Fannie, Freddie & Freud: Washington Needs a Shrink

Adam Levin | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Robert Khuzami, Fannie Mae, Sec, Freddie Mac, Cfpb, Securities and Exchange Commission, Robert Khuzami Sec, Mortgage Crisis, Politics News
Adam Levin

The people who argue there is too much regulation are right, because so much of it is ill-conceived and counterproductive. The people that argue there is too little regulation are also right, because most government action, both good and bad, ignores the 99%.

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Ex-Goldman Sachs Board Member Accused Of Insider Trading

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Procter and Gamble, Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Rajat Gupta, Rajat Gupta Goldman Sachs, Robert Khuzami, Gupta Rajat, Goldman Sachs, Mckinsey, Rajat Gupta Insider Trading, Gupta Goldman, Rajat Gupta Insider, Sec, Galleon Group, Securities and Exchange Commission, Video, Business News

Goldman Sachs former director Rajat K. Gupta has been charged with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission, for allegedly giving a h...

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Top SEC Official Probed For Role In Citi Settlement

Bloomberg | Joshua Gallu | Posted 05.25.2011

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4 More Charged In Biggest Insider-Trading Case In U.S. History

Yahoo! Finance | Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeffrey Yokuty, Hedge Fund Insider Trading, Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Trivium Capital Management, Robert Khuzami, Sec, Galleon Group, Securities and Exchange Commission, Robert Feinblatt, Business News

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Memo to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder re: Operation Broken Trust

Phil Trupp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Khuzami, Sec, Wall Street, Justice Department, Eric Holder Attorney General, Financial Reform, Eric Holder, Operation Broken Trust, Fraud, Finra, Charles Schwab, Goldman Sachs, Doj, Business News
Phil Trupp

General Holder, we're happy you're showing a pulse (it's overdue) and slamming the smaller weasels. But how about stopping the swindlers of all sizes before they've stripped their victims to the bone?

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Fed Charges Over 500 People With Financial Fraud, Uncovers $10.4 Billion

washingtonpost.com | Zachary A. Goldfarb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fraud, Insider Trading, Operation Broken Trust, Robert Khuzami, Ponzi Scheme, Foreign Currency, Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, Investment Fraud, Justice Department, Eric Holder, Business News

Federal authorities announced Monday that they had charged hundreds of defendants in "Operation Broken Trust," a 31/2-month effort to stop investment ...

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Manicurist Hit With Corruption Charges -- Know What I'm Sayin'?

Bill Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fraud, Quadrangle Group, Andrew Cuomo, Irs, Wall Street, Countrywide Financial, Mary Schapiro, Robert Khuzami, Obama Transition, Bill Singer, Angelo Mozilo, Securities and Exchange Commission, Steven Rattner, BrokeAndBroker.Com, Business News
Bill Singer

You ever wonder where so many popular but annoying sayings come from? How do these things even get started? You know? So, like, you know, just sayin',...

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Financial Fraudsters Beware -- Breuer, Khuzami, Perkins Are Still on the Case

Ted Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Khuzami, Financial Fraud, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, Securities and Exchange Commission, Ted Kaufman, Politics News
Ted Kaufman

I will say now that I'm frustrated. We have seen very little in the way of senior officer or boardroom-level prosecutions of the people on Wall Street who brought this country to the brink of financial ruin. Why is that?

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SEC: We've Toughened Enforcement Efforts After Madoff Scandal

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Khuzami, David Kotz, R. Allen Stanford, Ponzi Scheme, Sec, Bernard Madoff, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bernie Madoff, Senate Banking Committee, Business News

WASHINGTON — Senators pressed the Securities and Exchange Commission's chief enforcement official Wednesday to explain why the agency has yet to...

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Darth Goldman: The Enterprise Value Strikes Back

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Abacus, Goldman Sachs, Sec, Robert Khuzami, Wall Street, Financial Reform, Cdos, Capital Markets, Business News
Norb Vonnegut

Yesterday, Goldman Sachs settled fraud charges associated with Abacus CDOs for $550 million. Not surprisingly, the settlement excluded Fabrice P. Tour...

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The Goldman Sachs Settlement, the Wall Street Journal, Warren Buffett, and the White House

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, President Obama, Robert Khuzami, Sec, Wall Street Journal, Financial Regulation, Ikb-Deutsche-Industrie-Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Warren Buffet, Goldman Sachs, Financial Crisis, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

The timing of the Goldman Sachs settlement has raised eyebrows coming almost simultaneously to the passage of the Financial Regulations Bill. Was the settlement, if not politically motivated, at the very least politically timed?

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10 Things You Don't Know (Or Were Misinformed) About the GS Case

The Big Picture | Barry Ritholtz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cdos, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs Fraud, Robert Khuzami, Sec, Justice Department, Barry Ritholtz, Business News

I have been watching with a mixture of awe and dismay some of the really bad analysis, sloppy reporting, and just unsupported commentary about the GS ...

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No More Deceit -- Strictly Regulate Wall Street

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citigroup, Richard S. Juld Jr., President Obama, Washington Mutual, Financial Reform, Hedge Fund, Barack Obama, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Financial Regulation, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Ezra Klein, Robert Khuzami, Morgan Stanley, John Paulson, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Chris Dodd, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bank Bailout, Subprime Mortgage, Glass-Steagall, Repo 105, Too Big to Fail, Jpmorgan, Senate Minority Leader, Wa-Mu, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

If McConnell-style deceit about the financial reform bill continues in the Senate, serious regulatory reform won't happen. Half measures won't work. Only robust financial reform will end Wall Street's freedom to deceive.

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So Many Investors to Fleece, But So Little Time

Dan Solin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Quadrangle, Sec, Robert Khuzami, John Paulson, Business News
Dan Solin

To borrow a line from those who opposed health care reform, I think we need to discard the present system and start all over again.

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Sources: SEC Gearing Up For Insider-Trading Crackdown

Bloomberg | By Joshua Gallu and David Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlen Specter, Federal Investigations, Insider Trading, Investigations, Raj Rajaratnam, Bradley Bennett, Terrorism, Sri Lanka, Robert Khuzami, Regulation, Rajaratnam, Blackstone, Investigation, Blackstone Group, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Arthur Samburg, Sec, Galleon Group, Preet Bharara, Baker Botts, Business News

Federal investigators are gearing up to file charges against a wider array of insider-trading networks, some linked to the criminal case against billi...

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SEC's Widens Probe Into BofA, Merrill Deal

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Khuzami, Bank of America, Bofa-Merrill-Lynch-Bonuses, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Ken Lewis, Bofa, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission has expanded its probe of Bank of America to include the bank's possible failure to disclose...

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Robert Khuzami: SEC Prosecutor Wall Street's Latest Enforcer

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Khuzami, Securities Exchange Commission, Sec, Raj Rajaratnam, Business News

Wall Street's wrongdoers may have officially met their match. After less than six months on the job, Robert Khuzami, the newly appointed top prosecuto...

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In The Wake Of Madoff Debacle, SEC's Top Enforcer Linda Thomsen Is Out, Robert Khuzami Is In

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's top enforcement official, Linda Thomsen, is expected to resign on Monday, CNBC te...

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