Corporate Fraud

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Prosecutors charge 14 in Wall St insider trading probe

AFP Global Edition 2 days ago

Law enforcement officials in New York announced Thursday charges against 14 people in a widening probe into the largest ever alleged hedge-fund insider trading scheme on Wall Street. US Attorney Preet Bharara and New York's assistant FBI director Joseph Demarest said the ...

US prosecutors charge 14 in insider trading probe

AFP Global Edition 2 days ago

Prosecutors in New York charged 14 people Thursday in a widening probe apparently linked to what officials say was the largest hedge-fund insider trading scheme ever on Wall Street. Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said 14 people, "including attorneys and Wall Street ...

House panel votes to increase clout of regulators

AP News 2 days ago

House panel votes to give regulators more power, money to police big players in stock market The House Financial Services Committee voted Wednesday to give federal regulators more power and money to police major players in the stock market, four months after ...

Tax relief for small Madoff investors eyed

AP News 4 days ago

Tax relief for smaller investors in Madoff scheme approaching Senate adoption in jobless bill Tax relief for thousands of small, indirect investors in Bernard Madoff's swindle and other fraudulent schemes appears close to Senate adoption as part of a broader bill to ...

Madoff Scandal Accountant

AP News 4 days ago

Bernard Madoff's accountant David Friehling, left, exits Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in New York. Friehling pleaded guilty to securities fraud and other charges that could land him in prison for years. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano) Copyright 2009 AP News

Ex-Madoff auditor pleads guilty, denies he knew of fraud

Reuters US Online Report Business News 4 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former outside accountant for Bernard Madoff's firm pleaded guilty to fraud charges on Tuesday, but he told a U.S. judge he did not know about the swindler's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, which shook investor confidence and market regulators ...

Madoff's longtime auditor pleads guilty to fraud

AP News 4 days ago

Auditor pleads guilty, saying he failed to verify Madoff's reports, never knew of Ponzi scheme Bernard Madoff's longtime auditor pleaded guilty to securities fraud charges Tuesday, saying he failed to do his job to verify the disgraced money manager's financial records but ...

U.S. appeals panel weighs Stanford "clawback" claims

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 5 days ago

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals panel had tough questions on Monday for the receiver in Allen Stanford's civil fraud case, who is suing to recover proceeds from several hundred investors in the firm's offshore bank. Stanford, 59, faces civil and ...

Prosecutors: Madoff accountant to enter plea

AP News 8 days ago

Prosecutors say Madoff's longtime accountant is expected to plead guilty in cooperation deal Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's longtime auditor is expected to plead guilty next week in a cooperation deal, federal prosecutors told a judge Friday. Prosecutors said in a letter to ...

Ex-Madoff accountant to admit guilt, cooperates

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 8 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Arch swindler Bernard Madoff's former outside accountant will plead guilty to criminal charges next Tuesday as part of an agreement to help investigators of the multibillion-dollar Madoff fraud, U.S. prosecutors said. The accountant, David Friehling, worked out of ...

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