Wall Street Greed: Not Too Big for a California Jury

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Apr 25, 2014 Sixteen of the world’s largest banks have been caught colluding to rig global interest rates. Why are we doing business with a corrupt global banking cartel? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Global Banking Game Is Rigged, and the FDIC Is Suing

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Apr 13, 2014 Taxpayers are paying billions of dollars for a swindle pulled off by the world’s biggest banks, using a form of derivative called interest-rate swaps. And the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has now joined a chorus of litigants suing over it. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Crony Capitalism’s Power Couple

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 21, 2012 Where are Phil and Wendy Gramm hiding now that UBS, like Enron before it, has been nailed by the G-men? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Ex-TARP Investigator Neil Barofsky

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2012 In late 2008, Neil Barofsky was appointed the Treasury Department’s investigator of the bank bailouts. In the time since, he has suffered dismissal and deprecation from his colleagues and the corporations they're supposed to regulate.Since he was appointed to investigate the bank bailouts in 2008, Neil Barofsky has suffered dismissal and deprecation from his colleagues and the banks they're supposed to regulate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bill Moyers Talks Greedy Banks

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 16, 2012 The Libor scandal involving U.K.-based Barclays bank is just the latest illustration of greed in the financial sector, says Bill Moyers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Buckles Down on Rate-Fixing Case

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 16, 2012 The U.S. Justice Department has identified potential crimes committed by several big banks -- including Barclays -- and their employees amid a global investigation into the Libor scandal, in which financial institutions allegedly rigged interest rates. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fed, Geithner Knew of False Libor in 2008

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 14, 2012 The Federal Reserve and the U.S. government knew back in 2008 that Barclays was filing false reports about Libor, the interest rate that international banks charge one another for short-term loans, according to documents released Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Barclays Libor Scandal

Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune Jul 13, 2012 Dig deeper

Crime of the Century

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 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 )