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The Motley Fool
February 4, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Ken Lewis: A Fraudster, or Just Stupid? Or maybe a stupid fraudster?   |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Justice for Bank of America Shareholders Bank of America shareholders are getting some justice, and those singlehandedly responsible for transforming the bank from a world-class enterprise into a taxpayer-sucking ward are being held accountable. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Shakeup Looms at Bank of America Among other issues B of A investors must grapple with at their annual meeting is the fate of CEO Ken Lewis, who has been tarred and feathered after the multibillion-dollar Merrill Lynch acquisition blew up, nearly taking shareholders down with it. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2009
Thomas O. Gorman |
SEC v. Bank of America: Where to Go From Here? The SEC thought it had completed an investigation, brought an enforcement action and then settled it. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Was Bank of America Forced to Buy Merrill? Two key questions that investors want to know the answers to are when those seemingly "unexpected" Merrill losses came to light, and why the deal was still consummated after they were discovered. |
Registered Rep.
February 20, 2009
Kristen French |
News Roundup: BofA's Lewis Subpoenaed; Ponzi Pileup! Stanford Investigated For Ponzi Scheme; Morgan Still Poaching Brokers; Even Sin Businesses Take A Hit Another banking-chief head may be set to roll... A list of Ponzi schemers... Sin stocks lower... Morgan Stanley poaches brokers... |
The Motley Fool
January 16, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Bank of America Needs a Regime Change After news of a $2.39 billion quarterly loss and the announcement that dividends are all but history Bank of America investors now have sincere reasons to question the capability of CEO Ken Lewis. |
InternetNews
July 21, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Former Brocade Execs Charged in Stock Scandal Brocade becomes just the latest caught in the stock options mess. Feds say the company fraud cost investors millions. |
BusinessWeek
September 17, 2009
Michael Orey |
Commentary: Do Shareholder Class Actions Make Sense? Not when they extract payments from innocent shareholders and let fraudsters off the hook. |
Registered Rep.
March 21, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
SEC and U.S. Attorney's Office Indict Traders and Executives in `Squawk Box' Scheme The SEC alleges that the fraudulent scheme allowed daytraders to trade based on overheard customer orders. |
Registered Rep.
February 26, 2009
John Churchill |
AG Cuomo Has the Goods--What Will Come of Merrill Bonuses? Former Merrill CEO John Thain testified before the AG for the second time on Tuesday, abiding by a court order that he share the names of bonus recipients with the AG after he initially declined to do so. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2005
Karen Donovan |
Under Siege Executives of broker/dealer firms are not exaggerating when they say it seems like regulators are locked into a competitive battle to collect the most pelts on Wall Street. |
Registered Rep.
January 22, 2009 |
Thain Departs BofA--An $87,000 Rug? Say It Ain't So, John! Client AUMs Fall By 30 Percent In 2008 John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch and the man who engineered the sales of the storied Wall Street firm to Bank of America in September, is leaving the combined firm immediately. |
Registered Rep.
September 25, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
NY Attorney General: I Could Have Nailed Merrill on More Serious Charges Eliot Spitzer said he could have pursued criminal charges against Merrill Lynch for its conflicts of interest in its research, but that he didn't want to "destroy" the firm or Wall Street. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2009
Morgan Housel |
B of A's Ken Lewis: Still Mostly Clueless Maria Bartiromo asks Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis how he would prove to an upcoming shareholder meeting that Merrill Lynch won't become something that will require a 12-figure bailout by the federal government. |
InternetNews
August 9, 2006
Roy Mark |
Stock Options Scandal Hits Comverse Federal authorities charge Comverse Technology's former CEO and two others with criminal and civil complaints. |
CFO
January 30, 2004
Tim Reason |
Cheese It, the States! Corporate wrong-doers are finding state cops more aggressive than the feds. |
Registered Rep.
January 26, 2009
John Aidan Byrne |
New Head, But Same Old Mission For Merrill's Retail Bank of America has named general counsel Brian Moynihan, an executive well versed in legal and business principles, to replace John Thain. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009 |
Broker/Dealer News Actions by the SEC and FINRA |
Registered Rep.
August 7, 2008
John Churchill |
Citi Settles With SEC and Cuomo Over ARS Failure The firm has agreed to buy back auction rate securities sold to institutional and retail investors nationwide who've been stuck with the illiquid investment vehicles since February 12, 2008. |
CFO
April 1, 2005
Tim Reason |
The Limits of Mercy The cost of cooperating with the SEC is high. The cost of not cooperating is even higher. Faced with financial penalties, career-ending bans, and possible criminal prosecution, more individuals are choosing to fight the SEC. |
Registered Rep.
October 6, 2004
Leitch & Gaffen |
Raymond James Fights the SEC's Fraud Charges The SEC brought fraud charges against the Tampa-based firm, saying the firm had looked the other way when a former broker scammed investors of approximately $44.5 million between 1999 and 2000. |
Registered Rep.
September 3, 2008
John Churchill |
Brokers Charged In Fraudulently Selling $1bn Of ARS To Retail Clients In the first case of its kind, the SEC announced today that it has charged two individual financial advisors with fraud related to the sale of more than $1 billion in auction-rate securities. |
BusinessWeek
May 20, 2009
Dean Foust |
Can BofA CEO Ken Lewis Keep His Job? The pressure on Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Kenneth D. Lewis is growing by the day. Officials fear Washington wants to push the CEO out. |
The Motley Fool
December 17, 2004
Bill Mann |
AOL: Is Half a Billion Enough? Time Warner pays big to settle fraud charges against its problem child, AOL. As for the current management at Time Warner, they profess to want to conclude things with regulators so that they can once again tap the equity market for currency for acquisitions and other capital needs. |
Registered Rep.
March 12, 2009 |
In the News: Madoff Pleads Guilty; AG Cuomo Says Merrill Mislead Him, UBS Retail Unit Stumbled in '08, Fund Manager Steve Leuthold Is (Still) Very Bullish Madoff faces up to 150 years in prison... Cuomo wants disclosure on bonuses... UBS releases 2008 annual report... "Buy `em when they hate'em," Leuthold says... |
InternetNews
April 24, 2007
Michael Hickins |
SEC Charges Former Apple Attorney With Fraud SEC levies fraud charges at Apple's former general counsel and settles with its former CFO in connection with a stock options backdating scandal. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Here Comes the Pain for Thain Just days after resigning from Bank of America, former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain has been subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General regarding $4 billion in bonuses paid just days before merging with B of A. |
Registered Rep.
February 12, 2009 |
Round Up: The Post-Congressional Roasting Scuttlebutt Deems House Committee A Rather Pointless Public Flogging In the 18th century there might have been a public flogging or a stint in the town square's pillory, but would the pre-credit-crunch world have condemned Wall Street leaders and members of Congress to the gallows? |
BusinessWeek
July 26, 2004
Paula Dwyer |
The SEC To Top Execs: Read The Fine Print The Ken Lay criminal indictment has overshadowed the parallel SEC civil lawsuit. But corporate insiders and their attorneys would be wise to give the SEC complaint a close read. |
Bank Systems & Technology
October 16, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
No Salary, Bonus for Ken Lewis The decision was made by U.S. government pay czar Kenneth Feinberg. |
InternetNews
September 21, 2007
David Needle |
Steve Jobs to Testify in Backdating Case Apple CEO Steve Jobs has reportedly been subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to testify in a stock-options back-dating case against Apple's former general counsel, Nancy Heinen. |
Registered Rep.
September 23, 2008 |
SEC Charges Miami Broker Gary Gross Gary Gross has been charged with fraud by the SEC for selling his elderly clients unsuitable investments. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Who Got the Better Deal: B of A or Merrill Shareholders? Merrill Lynch and Bank of America shareholders both approved the latter's acquisition of the former. However, the veneer of formal votes and the hearty handshakes of chief executives mask a critical question: Who got the better deal? |
Bank Systems & Technology
April 30, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Ken Lewis Remains BofA CEO for Now The Bank of America chairman was removed from his position and, although he retains the CEO title, his days may still be numbered. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Conspiracy at Bank of America? News breaks that Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis was supposedly strong-armed by the government to keep mum on the losses at Merrill Lynch. |
Registered Rep.
February 2, 2009 |
BofA's Lewis In Dissidents' Sights Just months ago, he was heralded as banker of the year. Now he's the target of a group of angry shareholders. |
Registered Rep.
April 20, 2009
John churchill |
Bank of America Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates; Top Financial Advisors Staying Put Bank of America joins Wells Fargo, Citi and Goldman Sachs on the list of banks reporting better than expected earnings in the first quarter. |
InternetNews
December 15, 2004
Tim Gray |
Time Warner Settles Fraud Case Time Warner said today that it has agreed to pay $210 million in criminal and civil fines to settle a federal fraud case stemming from allegedly shady advertising deals within its America Online division. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Defending Wall Street The criminal investigations that are being launched against Wall Street firms are woefully misdirected. |
Registered Rep.
March 19, 2009
John Churchill |
Yet Another Fraud; AIG, Merrill Bonuses Going Going G...; Lehman Brothers Killed by Shorts? SEC charges two former political figures in fraudulent "kick back" scheme... New York Attorney General says he will release the names of the Merrill Lynch bonus recipients... Lehman's downfall... |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Merrill Fined $2.5 Million Over Lax Email Oversight The SEC slapped the nation's largest brokerage with a $2.5 million fine and a cease-and-desist order for a "systemic" mishandling of email records related to its brokerage business. |
CFO
April 1, 2003
Kris Frieswick |
Fraud Squad Federal investigators are on a crusade to elevate corporate misdeeds to criminal offenses. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2008
David A. Geracioti |
The Deposit Sugar Daddy The surprising take over of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America. |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement News & Products March 2009 SEC charges Merrill Lynch advisors with securities fraud regarding pensions... New research shows deferred variable assets show promise for wealth transfer market... Research shows 7 of 10 households have a tax-advantaged savings plan through work... |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2009
Morgan Housel |
First, Fire All the Bad Bankers One thing that most see eye to eye on is that management of bailed banks should be thrown out. And why not? Most employees can be fired for showing up late, while bank CEOs are still employed after obliterating hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth. It's appalling. |
CFO
September 1, 2006
Lori Calabro |
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty Paul McNulty, whose team of prosecutors has convicted some 30 CFOs in the past four years, talks about backdating, company cooperation, and why the government's Corporate Fraud Task Force isn't going away. |
CFO
April 1, 2003
Julia Homer |
They ARE Out to Get You So far, relatively few executives have gone to jail for white-collar crimes. That may be about to change. |
InternetNews
March 12, 2007
Roy Mark |
Feds Hit 3 Hackers in Stock 'Pump and Dump' U.S. authorities charge hackers in India and Malaysia with cracking U.S online brokerage accounts. |
InternetNews
September 22, 2004
Jim Wagner |
Former CA CEO Indicted Sanjay Kumar is charged with securities fraud, conspiracy and obstruction offenses, while his former company Computer Associates strikes a deal to avoid court. |
