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Jon Corzine subpoenaed

Many people have speculated about the role of Jon Corzine in the MF Global fiasco. We've noted that he has hired a top criminal defense attorney, as questions mount about the missing $1 to $1.2 billion in customer funds. Clearly he has been told to stay quiet, lest he says anything incriminating.

Goldman Sachs CEO hires defense attorney

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has not been personally charged with any crimes. And until just recently, it didn't appear--at least to the untrained layman's eye--that he would be. So why has Blankfein has hired a top defense attorney? According to Reuters , the embattled CEO has hir

Globalization of insider trading

It's common these days for insider trading rings to have a global component. In the expert network probe underway, the only charges so far--against Asia expert Don Ching Trang Chu--partly concern the expert's ability to link U.S. investors with supply channel vendor employees. The accused was caug

Getting at hackers through banks

Unspam Technologies, continuing its anti-hacking efforts, is seeking information via a "John Doe" suit to obtain details of hacker incidents, including the names of victims. The idea is to pass this and other information on to authorities or use it as a basis for civil litigation. The New York T

NY AG says Citi destroyed documents

At first glance, the news that the New York state attorney general is prepared to charge Citi with fraud regarding its auction rate securities practices is similar to news of charges against Merrill Lynch and UBS. But the twist is that Andrew Cuomo's office says that Citi destroyed evidence--t