February 2012
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Prosecutors Prepare For Trial As DOJ Brass Weighs... →
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Friend of the blog, Christopher Whalen continues... →
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The Daily Docket: Missing MF Global Customer Money... →
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The mounting case for a Financial Transaction Tax →
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Institutional Shareholder Services investigates... →
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Former Bear Stearns Fund Managers Settle With SEC... →
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Brian Willingham warrants your attention:... →
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RBS staff - four current, one former - held in tax... →
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Avon FCPA case reaches Grand Jury. ... →
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Notes on the testimony of star witness James Davis... →
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An update on Louis Freeh's private P.I.... →
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Putin calls Russian corruption levels "civilized."... →
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More on China biz surveillance: Competing with... →
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Of course that @nytimes article on surveillance... →
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A reminder on modern digital espionage threats to... →
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In a reversal, BP wins exclusion of previous... →
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Private use of GPS trackers is still legal, but... →
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Department of Homeland Security adapts social... →
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FBI cuts back on GPS surveillance after Supreme... →
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FBI releases Steve Jobs report:... →
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Approval of high altitude fly-overs = domestic... →
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“A restaurant poisons its customers. A government agency colludes to keep its...”
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Hospitals pay $12 mil settlement on false claims,... →
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SAD... The loss of a wonderful "public" space.... →
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Prosecutor, Chris Garcia who helped lead the... →
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UBS Employee Tax-Evasion Probe Dropped by German... →
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Frmr Rep. Anthony Weiner paid $13K to T&M private... →
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LA Feds End Probe into Lance Armstrong; No Charges... →
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Aaron Hand, Convicted For $100M Mortgage-Fraud... →
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Will the SEC's Requiring Settling Parties to Admit... →
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Well, at least a cancerous organ that the body... →
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Criminal charges coming for defunct robosigner... →
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Police: "All-American bank robber" tries heist... →
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Cautious optimism at Swiss bank Julius Baer about... →
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Former federal prosecutor, Andrew Levi talks about... →
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#CarlyleGroup blinks, drops pre-IPO class-action... →
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Charlie Pinck, Dean of investigative community Op... →
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Full text of the appeal presented by Julian... →
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Swiss Bank Wegelin Charged With Helping U.S.... →
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New intelligence campus coming to Bethesda, 3000... →
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“@knightfdn: #opengov survey by @NSArchive finds... →
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A Film Noir Photo Essay on the Secretive World of Swiss Banks
The Vaults is a finely crafted multimedia experience of Mark Heneley’s photographs of the Swiss banking sector in Zurich. Anna Stevens of Panos Pictures taps film noir and James Bond movies for inspiration in her edit, which adds sound and text to create a story.
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January 2012
13 posts
Swiss bank unfazed in face of any US legal action... →
Moneycontrol.com
Swiss bank unfazed in face of any US legal action Baltimore Sun The Justice Department is probing 11 Swiss and Swiss-style banks, including Wegelin, suspected of selling offshore tax evasion services to tens of thousands of wealthy Americans. The investigations, growing out of scrutiny of Swiss financial giant UBS … US authorities ‘to take legal action against...
US moves toward legal action against Swiss... →
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US moves toward legal action against Swiss bank-sources Reuters It would be a step forward for a US crackdown on offshore tax evasion by Americans through Swiss banks. The crackdown started around 2007 with an investigation of UBS AG, Switzerland’s largest bank. It has since spread to the entire Swiss banking … US authorities ‘to take legal action against...
Third Apparent Suicide in Korea Savings Bank... →
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Third Apparent Suicide in Korea Savings Bank Scandal Wall Street Journal Mr. Kim was due to be questioned by prosecutors Thursday over allegations of illegal lending and accounting fraud. Ace Mutual Savings Bank, along with six other savings banks, was suspended in September by the local financial regulator due to its weak … Another savings bank CEO kills selfKorea Times all 8 news...
Swiss bank chief Hildebrand's private emails... →
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Swiss bank chief Hildebrand’s private emails revealed, fuelling scandal PC Advisor By Leo King | Computerworld UK | 12 January 12 Philipp Hildebrand, who resigned two days ago as chairman of the Swiss National Bank in the midst of an alleged insider trading storm, is facing up to conflicting accounts of events in a tranche of his … Ex Swiss bank chief ‘to get...
American Apparel Says SEC Ends Investigation... →
American Apparel Says SEC Ends Investigation Without Enforcement Actions Bloomberg The SEC requested documents from the chain in 2010 after Deloitte & Touche LLP quit as its accounting firm and was replaced by Marcum LLP. Before ending the relationship, Deloitte notified the retailer that its 2009 financial statements may not be … SEC probe of American Apparel ends without...
Mail on Sunday paid private investigator after his... →
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Mail on Sunday paid private investigator after his arrest The Independent The Mail on Sunday continued to pay for the potentially illegal services of a private investigator after he was arrested and charged with illegally trading in people’s personal information. The editor of the Associated Newspapers title, Peter Wright, … Private investigator Steve Whittamore...