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Wynton Hall Breitbart Big Government 7/26/2012 Those wondering why the Department of Justice has refused to go after Jon Corzine for the vaporization of $1.6 billion in MF Global client funds need look no further than the documents uncovered by the Government Accountability Institute that reveal that the now-defunct MF Global was a client of […] July 26th, 2012 | Tags: Attorney General Eric Holder, campaign contributions, Covington & Burling, Government Accountability Institute (GAI), Jon Corzine, Karol Mason, Lanny Breuer, Louis Freeh, MF Global, Morrison & Foerester, Thomas Perrelli, Tony West | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, corruption, Crime, Department of Justice, Elections | Comments are closed
Tyler Durden Zero Hedge 5/24/2012 While the sur-realities of just what Corzine and the rest of the MF Global ‘traders’ did has been extensively discussed here and elsewhere, PBS’ Frontline provides the most succinct (and relatively in-depth) documentary on just what occurred from how the corrupt CEO lobbied regulators who had the power to stop […] May 25th, 2012 | Tags: crony capitalism, Jon Corzine, MF Global, PBS "Frontline", Wall Street | Category: Banking and finance, Barack Obama, European Union, Video | Comments are closed
AFP via Yahoo! News (UK & Ireland) 5/9/2012 The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that three major Chinese banks have won approval to enter the US banking market. ICBC (HKSE: 0349.HK – news) , China’s biggest bank; Bank of China; and Agricultural Bank of China have been cleared to have branches in the United States, the […] May 9th, 2012 | Tags: Agricultural Bank of China Limited, Bank of China, Chicago, default, gold, Industrial and Commerce Bank of China Limited, MF Global, New York City | Category: Banking and finance, China, Federal Reserve, Illinois, New York | Comments are closed
Barry Zubrow, JPMorgan’s chief risk officer, called Corzine to seek assurances that the funds belonged to MF Global and not customers. JPMorgan drafted a letter to be signed by O’Brien to ensure that MF Global was complying with rules requiring customers’ collateral to be segregated. The letter was not returned to JPMorgan… Muriel […] March 25th, 2012 | Tags: bankruptcy, Barry Zubrow, Edith O’Brien, House Financial Services Subcommittee, Jon Corzine, JP Morgan Chase, MF Global | Category: Banking and finance, Congress, corruption, Crime | Comments are closed
Joe Nocera Opinion The New York Times 3/12/2012 It’s sure starting to look as if Jon Corzine is going to get away with it. By now, it has been well established that Corzine’s former firm, MF Global, committed the sin of sins for a broker-dealer. In late October, during the final, desperate days before it […] March 13th, 2012 | Tags: accountability, Jon Corzine, MF Global | Category: Banking and finance, corruption, Crime, Department of Justice | Comments are closed
Tyler Durden Zero Hedge 2/2/2012 Yesterday we noted how a CBO analyst may have been terminated for her conflicting views on model assumptions, especially when they veered away from the Wall Street-defined norm. Today, we find that the same approach to dissent may have been the reason why MF Global ended up taking inordinate risk, […] February 2nd, 2012 | Tags: "Operation Twist", Congressional Budget Office (CBO), House Financial Services Committee, Jon Corzine, Lan T. Pham, MF Global, Michael Roseman, sovereign debt, Treasuries, Treasury bonds | Category: Banking and finance, Congress, corruption, Europe, Federal Reserve | Comments are closed
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