Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Member of the Senate Banking Committee and Ranking Minority Member of the Sub-Committee on Economic Policy, wrote two highly provocative letters this last week requesting a formal investigation into why President Obama’s administration has not brought criminal charges against the individuals and corporations involved in the 2007-2008 financial crisis. According to Bloomberg, Senator… [Read More]
There Aren’t Any Hallmark Cards for Whistleblowers… Yet!
Well National Whistleblower Appreciation Day came and went July 30th, without much fanfare or appreciation from most. Still, the fact that there is such a designated day is a step in the right direction. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore), and their bipartisan Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus led the charge and the U.S…. [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]
Deutsche Whistleblower Eric Ben-Artzi to SEC: Keep Your $8 million!
I know I did the right thing, Mr. Eric Ben-Artzi told several newspapers this last week (FT and Bloomberg). He writes, “I turned down a whistleblower award.” Former Deutsche Bank employee and whistleblower, Eric Ben-Artzi turned down a whistleblower award of $8.25 million. “I refuse to take my share,” he said. “Although I need the… [Read More]
Can a Future Financial Crisis Be Prevented?
The fifth of a sixth part McCuistion TV program series aired recently (watch it here). The series, a collaboration with the National Center for Policy Analysis Financial Crisis Summit, featured two of my Bank Whistleblowers United colleagues, William K. Black, Michael Winston and me. The lineup of guests on this program included: Richard Ebeling, PhD… [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]
Whistleblowers: Who They Are and Why You Should Care
The McCuistion TV episode can be viewed by following this link: Full Episode The award–winning McCuistion Television Program, now in its 26th year on KERA, PBS TV, and The National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization with a goal of developing and promoting private, free-market alternatives to government regulation and… [Read More]
My Few Minutes of Fame – A PBS Miniseries on Business Ethics
There’s a new documentary in the works in which I had the opportunity to participate just last week. The three part series, tentatively titled Gray Areas, is in production by WNET, which is the flagship public station of the New York City tri-state area, WNET, the most watched public television channel in the country. I was… [Read More]
Chicken Little was right – “the sky IS falling”!
Remember Chicken Little and her warning, the sky is falling? I sometimes feel like a Chicken Little, with my repeated warnings that the sky is indeed falling and here’s another example. Just last week I posted about my fellow Bank Whistlebowers United colleague Michael Winston’s interview with Gretchen Morgenson on the New York Times Facebook venue. I’m still… [Read More]
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