Paris prosecutor Jean-Claude Marin says that Société Générale received warnings from both the Exchange and internal auditors about suspicious trades conducted by so-called rogue trader Jérôme Kerviel but he pulled the wool over their eyes.
US: Class action alleges lender is jumping the repossession gun
A class action issued in the USA alleges that lender MERS, which handles 40% of the foreclosures in the seven-county metropolitan area, violates Minnesota law by expediting foreclosures without following mandatory procedures.
France: You've done WHAT?
Is it a fraud, is it incompetence or is it just a feature of the financial sector. A big French bank can't find a vast amount of money and is blaming a "rogue trader." If it turns out to be a fraud, it's the biggest ever - it's five ti...
India: has Ghandi Trust money been stolen?
The High Court in Delhi has authorised an investigation into the affairs of the Indira Ghandi National Centre for the Arts. An application has been made to the Court alleging 1,000 million rupees have been stolen from the trust.
"Misleading" can be confusing
If you got a warning notice from "The National Disclosure Authority" what would your first reaction be? Would it be to find out if there really is a government department of that name?
Tony Blair got a made-up job in international affairs but failed to get his "international statesman" recognition that he so desperatel...
Tech: PGP upgrade announced
PGP Corporation, the commercial exploitation of Pretty Good Privacy or PGP encryption software has announced its latest version.
US: Subprime crisis claims another victim
On 11 January, Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc. ("FBR Group&quo...
Fraud: the stage is set for a massive pump and dump scheme
A perfectly legitimate company has hit all the buttons that pump and dump fraudsters like to see. How long will it be before that company is a vi...
AUS: ASIC moves to protect IPO investors
As a result of proceedings brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), investors in the failed Warrenmang Limited (in...
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