In the last couple of weeks, I’ve been featured/quoted in several publications, Wall Street on Parade, the NY Times Dealbook and the New York Post, as have several other whistleblowers, Eric Ben-Artzi, Alayne Fleishmann and Gary Aguirre, among others. In sifting through these articles and others, I am seeing a pattern develop which deeply troubles me… [Read More]
Bankers Haven’t Gone to Jail Because They Are Innocent…Of Crimes?!
Astounding! Or so states the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal. Author and journalist William D. Cohan notes in a recent article that the WSJ op-ed asserted that bankers and traders didn’t go to jail for their bad behavior in the years leading up to the financial crisis “because they haven’t committed any crimes.” Mr. Cohan,… [Read More]
Wells Fargo, Fried Again!
Well, it looks as if Wells Fargo, the self-proclaimed “community-based financial services company” is once again on the hot seat.The bank had been forcing unneeded collision insurance on customers who financed their car purchases through the bank. That practice, first disclosed by The New York Times, affected 800,000 customers according to an analysis commissioned by the bank. The bank… [Read More]
It’s the Payouts, Stupid!
Well, that’s not quite what Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation‘s (FDIC) Vice Chair Thomas Hoenig said; however, there was no question about his position. A recent Reuter’s article, “Payouts, not capital requirements, are to blame for fewer bank loans: FDIC Chairman,” explains that Hoenig, in a recent letter, cautioned Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R… [Read More]
If You Check the Box …You’ve Given Away Your Rights! But CFPB is Coming to the Rescue!
Every day, we sign up for programs, install smart phone apps, shop online and check the box that says we’ve read and agreed to the merchant’s terms. Yet, have you read them? And if you don’t check the box, you can’t “buy” the product so what choice is there? In that fine print though you… [Read More]
It’s available! “Business Ethics Lessons Learned…A Citigroup Whistleblower’s Perspective” – Now At Amazon
The 2008 financial crisis, the worst in our history and the egregious fraud, greed and corruption which led to it, impacted not just the banking world but businesses and individuals worldwide. And, it could well have easily been prevented if best business practices had been followed. For the last two years, my team and I… [Read More]
Justice is Not Being Served – Once Again, What a Surprise!!
Last week I wrote about my concerns regarding Mary Jo White, the former SEC chair who was leaving her post, to return to her former law firm. Ms. White’s performance while SEC chair was abysmal. However my main concern is not her performance, rather it is the continual revolving door that exists in D.C. I commented,… [Read More]
The Bank Foxes are Guarding the SEC Chicken Coop!
In this last week’s World Finance, reporter Gretchen Cashen highlights Eric Ben-Artzi’s bold gesture in refusing a Whistleblower reward and why he did so, his experience at Deutsche, and the parallels with mine at Citigroup. Most importantly, it takes a hard look at one of the most egregious issues in government: that of the regulators, most specifically,… [Read More]
Are Regulations Killing Our Economy?
The fourth of a six part series airing on the McCuistion Television Program, which has been focused on the 2008 financial crisis, “Have Dodd- Frank and Other Regulations Been Effective?” (watch it here), featured my Bank Whistleblowers United colleague, William K. Black. William, a white collar criminologist and former financial regulator as well as the author of The Best… [Read More]
What Really Caused the 2008 Financial Crisis?
In a recent post, I mentioned the McCuistion Television Program, six part series on the financial crisis that I and several of our Bank Whistleblowers United team, (Michael Winston, William Black and I), participated in. Michael and I, along with Rashad Abdel-Khalik, PhD: Professor of International Accounting at the University of Illinois and C.R. “Rusty” Cloutier: MidSouth… [Read More]
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