Aloha Politics

Bipartisan Shibai, Obama’s Kabuki play: “The Bipartisanship Racket”

Hell To Pay: Bank of America’s Double Trouble

The Great Unravelling: Is Bank of America Done?

“HSBC and JP Morgan accused of manipulating silver market,”  Garry White and Rowena Mason, UK Telegraph, 11/8/10

“Michael Lewis Exposes Goldman’s Prop Trading In Flow Clothing,” Zero Hedge,10/27/10

“Chris Whalen Welcomes Our New Tyrannical Overlords, Prepares For The Taxpayer Funded Mortgage Insurer Bailout,” Chris Whalen, Institutional Risk Analytics via Zero Hedge, 10/27/10

“Homeowners Protest HAMP: ‘It’s Just A Scam And The Banks Are Getting Everything’,” Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post, 10/26/10

“Treasury Hid A.I.G. Loss, Report Says,” Mary Williams Walsh, NY Times, 10/26/10

“SIGTARP Calls Out Tim Geithner On Various Violations Including Data Manipulation, Lack Of Transparency, “Cruel” Cynicism, And Gross Incompetence,” Zero Hedge, 10/25/10

“The enormous mortgage-bond scandal,” Felix Salmon,  Reuters 10/13/10

“Exclusive Excerpt: America on Sale, From Matt Taibbi’s `Griftopia’,” Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, 10/18/10

“Foreclosure Fraud: We Need to Fix the Banks Again,” Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, 10/16/10

2010-197 Oct. 15, 2010 Former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo to Pay SEC’s Largest-Ever Financial Penalty Against a Public Company’s Senior Executive*

2010-177 Sep. 30, 2010 Former State Street Employees Charged for Misleading Investors About Subprime Mortgage Investments*

“Ending the Off-Balance Sheet Charade,” Rolfe Winkler, Seeking Alpha, 9/17/10

“Follow the Dirty Money,” Robert Mazur, NY Times, 9/13/10

“SEC Says Prince, Rubin Knew of Losses Assets at Suit’s Focus,”  Joshua Gallu and Donal Griffin, Bloomberg, 9/9/10

“Why Robert Rubin and Citibank Execs Should Be in Deep Trouble,” Zach Carter, Alternet.org, 9/9/10

“Wall Street’s Big Win,” Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, 8/6/10

2010-136 Jul. 29, 2010 SEC Charges Citigroup and Two Executives for Misleading Investors About Exposure to Subprime Mortgage Assets*

2010-133 Jul. 27, 2010 SEC Charges General Electric and Two Subsidiaries with FCPA Violations*

2010-123 Jul. 15, 2010 Goldman Sachs to Pay Record $550 Million to Settle SEC Charges Related to Subprime Mortgage CDO*

“Bank of America Admits To Repo 105-Like Fraud, Even As End Of Quarter Window Dressing,” Zero Hedge, 7/11/10

“America’s Municipal Debt Racket,” Steve Malanga, Wall Street Journal Online, 6/14/10

“Senator Kaufman Blasts SEC And Getco For Latest Episode Of Glaring Regulatory Capture,” Zero Hedge, 6/11/10

“SEC Investigation of Goldman Trading Against Its Clients Widens,” Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, 6/10/10

“No Criminal Charges Against AIG Execs,” Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, 5/21/10

“Goldman to Face SEC Deputy Director in Subprime Securities Suit,” David Glovin, Bloomberg, 5/18/10

“DOJ: Banks Colluded with Municipal “Advisers” to Rig Bids on GICs,” Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, 5/18/10

“Conspiracy of Banks Rigging States Came With Crash (Update1),” Martin Z. Braun and William Selway, Bloomberg, 5/18/10

“Citi And Deutsche Subpoenaed Over CDO Sales,” Zero Hedge, 5/12/10

“SEC Didn’t Act After Spotting Wall Street Risks, Documents Show,” Bloomberg, Jesse Westbrook, 5/6/10

“Crisis Panel to Probe Window-Dressing at Banks,” Louise Story, NY Times 5/5/10

“Goldman Said to Face Criminal Probe by U.S. Prosecutors Examining SEC Case,”  Justin Blum and David Glovin, Bloomberg, 4/29/10

“The Feds vs. Goldman Sachs,” Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, 4/26/10

“Criminal Charges Next? Barofsky To Coordinate With DOJ To See If US Taxpayers Were Victims Of Goldman Fraud,” Zero Hedge, 4/20/10

“SEC Investigating Other Soured Deals,” Carrick Mollekamp, Serena Ng, Scott Patterson, Gregory Zuckerman, Wall Street Journal,  4/19/10

“S.E.C. Inquiry May Widen, Khuzami Hints,” Dealbook, NY Times, 4/16/10

2010-59 Apr. 16, 2010 SEC Charges Goldman Sachs With Fraud in Structuring and Marketing of CDO Tied to Subprime Mortgages*

“Rampant Fraud and Financial Collapse,” Zach Carter, Alternet.org, 4/14/10

Big Banks Mask Risk Levels Kate Kelly, Tom McGinty and Dan Fitzpatrick, Wall Street Journal, 4/9/10

“Finally! SEC Charges a Big Bank with Fraud,” Zach Carter, Alternet.org, 4/7/10

“Wall Street’s Repo 105 Cops Wake Up From Dead: Jonathan Weil,” Jonathan Weil, Bloomberg, 4/1/10

“SEC Launches Repo 105 Investigation,” Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, 3/30/10

“Full SEC Letter Demanding Repo 105 Disclosures From Financial Firm CFOs,” Zero Hedge, 3/29/10

2010-48 Mar. 26, 2010 SEC Announces $185 Million Distribution to Investors Injured by Prudential Securities Market Timing Fraud*

“Bank Of America Can Not Deny It Used Repo 105, Response From PricewaterhouseCoopers Pending; The BofA QSPE’s,” Zero Hedge, 3/23/10

“Obstacles to SEC/DOJ Pursuing Criminal Indictments for Lehman,” Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, 3/21/10

“Repo 105′s antecedents: Ken Lewis,” Bronte Capital, 3/20/10

2010-42 Mar. 18, 2010 SEC Warns Firms on Muni Pay-to-Play Rules*

“Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, UBS Are Charged With Fraud (Update1),” Elisa Martinuzzi and Sonia Sirletti, Bloomberg, 3/17/10

“Goldman’s Great Greek Swindle and the American Blowback,” Scott Thill, Alternet.org, 3/16/10

“NY Fed Under Geithner Implicated in Lehman Accounting Fraud Allegation,” Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, 3/11/10

“Secret AIG Document Shows Goldman Sachs Minted Most Toxic CDOs,” Richard Teitelbaum, Bloomberg, 2/23/10

“Goldman Says `Nothing Inappropriate’ in Greek Swaps (Update1),” Gavin Finch and Andrew MacAskill, Bloomberg, 2/22/10

“When is a Fraud Not a Fraud? (Greece-Goldman Edition),” Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, 2/17/10

2010-21 Feb. 4, 2010 SEC Charges State Street for Misleading Investors About Subprime Mortgage Investments*

“Is Geithner Toast? Barofsky Announces 2 New Fed-AIG Probes,” 1/26/10

“Reuters: SEC Considered AIG Bailout National Security Matter,” 1/25/10

“SEC mulled national security status for AIG details.” Matthew Goldstein, Reuters, 1/24/10

“Naked Capitalism Guest Post: AIG Bailout Secrets Exposed!” Naked Capitalism, 1/23/10

2010-10 Jan. 20, 2010 SEC Charges General Re Corporation for Role in AIG and Prudential Accounting Frauds*

“New York Fed Told AIG To “Stand Down” On All Counterparty Discussions,” Zero Hedge, 1/19/10

“New York Fed Faces House Subpoena Over AIG Bailout (Update2),” Hugh Son, Bloomberg, 1/12/10

“Breaking (Update): Fed Denies House Subpoena For AIG Docs,” 1/12/10

“SEC order helps maintain AIG bailout mystery,” Matthew Goldtein, Reuters, 1/11/10

“Geithner’s dubious AIG cover up,” Edward Harrison, Credit Writedowns via Naked Capitalism, 1/7/10

“Might AIG Escape Prosecution for (Allegedly) Cooking the Books?” Marla Singer, Zero Hedge,  01/07/2010

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