Where the SEC Puts the JP Morgan-Bear Stearns Settlement Matters

JP Morgan disclosed they reached an agreement with the SEC today for the double-dipping scheme run by Bear Stearns mortgage traders. This was where the traders under Tom Marano kept billions of dollars that were supposed to go back to RMBS investors when resi-loans defaulted in the first 90 days. The SEC hasn’t officially accepted […]

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Told You So: SEC Wants JP Morgan to Pay for Bear Stearns Sins

Last night the Financial Times broke news Jamie Dimon is willing to admit that maybe the Bear Stearns mortgage traders really did break securities laws and he should settle with the Securities & Exchange Commission. What the FT forgot to mention was I was the lone reporter in late January 2011 who reported JPM was […]

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Justice in Fairfield County? Morgan Stanley Banker Hate Crime Case Had Flaws

William Bryan Jennings, a Morgan Stanley Executive, had to wait nearly nine months before Connecticut admitted they didn’t have the evidence to litigate a hate crime case against the Darien, CT native. Felony charges were brought against the banker in February after a New York cabbie told the Darien police he’d been assaulted by Jennings over a […]

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Guynn Update: Mormon Wife Quits Big Law Lawyer Accused of Mistress Assault

UPDATE 10-19-12: King & Spalding confirmed this morning Guynn is no longer with the firm. Although Steven hasn’t updated his twitter profile that promotes himself as “a partner at a pre-eminent law firm in New York City, who has led more than $150 billion of global transactions”. Original Text The Big Law lawyer, Steven Guynn, […]

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SEC Recovers Only $100k From Spongetech Fraud but Stops Metter’s WGCH Income

Spongetech’s co-founder Michael Metter was forced out of his CEO job at Businesstalkradio.net last week and had to give up his six-figure income. You might remember Metter’s name when he made headline news around the world for his arrest by the FBI for securities fraud and interference with an SEC investigation. The alleged scam involved […]

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Dynamic Journalism

Me and doc film maker Nick Verbitsky are immortalized into art for our reporting on the Bear Stearns / JP Morgan double dipping scheme and RMBS investor fraud that has led to over $100bn in lawsuits and a NYAG securities fraud suit against JPM. Verbitsky is on biz TV show The Keiser Report today talking […]

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Will Morgan Stanley Banker Accused of Hate Crime now Sue Darien Police for Bad Arrest?

This story has been updated The Darien Wall Street executive who was arrested for felony assault and larceny this February appears to have beaten the local cops and Stamford Conn. states attorney in their quest to label a white rich Morgan Stanley banker guilty of hate crimes. News broke this morning that William Bryan Jennings […]

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Readers Asked: I Answered – Teri Buhl unwrapped on her Birthday

Today I celebrate the number of years I’ve made a footprint on the world. Yep it’s my Birthday- the big 40! Being an investigative journalist is best job I never knew I’d be doing at this age. And since my work allows me to go behind closed doors of so many people lives, ask tough […]

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