Robert Scheer / TruthdigJul 6, 2012
Forget Bernie Madoff and Enron’s Ken Lay -- they were mere amateurs in financial crime.Forget Bernie Madoff and Enron’s Ken Lay—they were mere amateurs in financial crime. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 27, 2012
Barclays Bank will pay a fine of $450 million to British and American authorities for attempting to rig key interest rates that influence the cost of borrowing, including mortgages and student loans. The funny business took place between 2005 and 2009. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Megan Murphy and Vanessa Houlder, Financial Times, and Jeff Gerth, ProPublicaApr 16, 2012
In November 2001, the Bank of New York quietly transferred nearly $8 billion of its assets -- almost 10 percent of its holdings at the time -- to a trust in the small, business-friendly state of Delaware in a critical first step in setting up a tax shelter that has cost the government more than $1 billion in revenue in the past decade. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigDec 7, 2011
It's been available for almost six months now: the first independent audit of the Federal Reserve. In case you haven’t read it top-to-bottom, former Congressman Alan Grayson, who petitioned the study along with Rep. Ron Paul, wants to draw your attention to some of his favorite parts. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigJan 13, 2010
A landmark class action case is under way in a New York federal court, with victims of apartheid in South Africa suing corporations that they say helped the pre-1994 regime. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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