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A whistleblower sparks a growing investigation, reports the WSJ
By Ryan Chittum Sep 20, 2012 at 02:25 AM
The Wall Street Journal has a good page-one story and scoop on a high-frequency trader turned whistleblower whose complaint has... More
Audit Notes: Murdoch’s hacking scandal, revolving door, Obama’s AMA
Two more arrests, including one for computer hacking
By Ryan Chittum Aug 30, 2012 at 11:00 AM
As Rupert Murdoch tells the world to go see Dinesh D'Souza's "scary" 2016 propaganda (read my 2010 takes on the... More
Audit Notes: NFL Hell, No Inflation Here, Fraud Without Fraudsters
By Ryan Chittum Feb 10, 2011 at 08:56 PM
Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post has the column of the week, a righteous piece of outrage at the NFL... More
Audit Notes: Noonan forgets the stimulus, native ads, Mary Jo White
The WSJ columnist says Obama should have done things he actually did
By Ryan Chittum Mar 11, 2013 at 06:50 AM
It's hard to pick the worst sentence in Peggy Noonan's Wall Street Journal column this weekend, so let me just... More
Audit Notes: Toxic Assets, Foreclosure Mills, SEC (Finally) Looking at CDOs
By Ryan Chittum Feb 10, 2011 at 12:20 AM
What ever happened to that pile of toxic assets that the banks were sitting on? Wall Street Journal reporter Michael... More
Resistance Is Futile for Alabama’s White Collar Criminals
The Journal takes an excellent look at tough state regulator Joseph Borg
By Ryan Chittum Jan 24, 2011 at 01:36 PM
The Wall Street Journal has a superb Money & Investing profile this morning of an Alabama securities regulator who makes... More
The Times Ups the Ante on the SEC’s Madoff Mess
By Ryan Chittum Mar 9, 2011 at 01:00 AM
The New York Times has a great scoop this morning advancing the ball on the SEC's entanglement with Bernie Madoff.... More
The NYT on the SEC’s hunt for Stevie Cohen
The case weakens as the statute of limitations winds down
By Felix Salmon Feb 7, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Andrew Ross Sorkin and Peter Lattman have uncovered an interesting wrinkle in the SEC's case against Mathew Martoma, the most... More
The Regulators on the Bus
A Times story shows the resources gap between regulators and Wall Street
By Ryan Chittum May 4, 2011 at 12:28 PM
We've wondered often just what it is that makes our financial regulators so toothless in the wake of the widespread... More
The SEC’s Khuzami and That Citigroup Settlement
An anonymous letter adds to questions about a wrist slap
By Ryan Chittum Jan 12, 2011 at 01:19 PM
Bloomberg News reported on Monday that the SEC's inspector general is investigating Robert Khuzami, its chief enforcement official, after getting... More
The SEC, Tangled Up in Madoff
By Ryan Chittum Feb 23, 2011 at 02:01 PM
How about that Irving Picard? The lawyer trying to recover cash for Bernie Madoff's victims had the nerve to sue... More
Two Days, Two Good Investigations From Mollenkamp
By Ryan Chittum Jan 20, 2012 at 02:31 PM
Carrick Mollenkamp is getting his post-WSJ days off to quite the start. On Wednesday, he wrote, with Lauren Tara LaCapra... More
When Regulators Shrink, Press Responsibilities Rise
Republicans signal intent to return to the status quo ante
By Ryan Chittum Dec 16, 2010 at 10:09 AM
The quasi re-regulation of finance is less than two years old, but it's already facing the rollback from leadership in... More
Will Wall Street’s cop go after dark money?
The campaign for the SEC to force disclosure of corporate political spending, explained.
By Sasha Chavkin May 3, 2013 at 06:50 AM
During the 2012 elections--and ever since--coverage of campaign finance has focused heavily on the role of "dark money": the unlimited... More
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