Why Didn’t Madoff Get the Slammer in the First Place?
Earlier this week, federal prosecutors filed a brief (PDF) arguing that Bernard Madoff should be thrown in jail and have his $10 million bail revoked. The move came after the disgraced financier allegedly mailed a million dollars in jewelry to friends and family, in violation of the terms of his bail. He has been under 24-hour house arrest, in his $7 million Manhattan apartment, since the middle of December.
How did the man accused of the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, with untold access to money and influence, get house arrest … more…
Questions About Post-Katrina Vigilante Violence?
The ProPublica/Nation probe of violence in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has sparked intense discussions on a slew of blogs and Web … more…
Update: New Orleans Police ‘Looking Into’ Katrina Vigilantism
New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren J. Riley on Wednesday announced that he is investigating alleged crimes reported in a story … more…
Help Us Name Names in Siemens Corruption Scandal
This story was co-published with MSN Money.
Get ready for the Siemens World Corruption Tour, 2001-2008. Siemens pleaded guilty last week … more…
Video: The Guns of Algiers Point
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An 18-month investigation shows a disturbing picture of the Big Easy in the days after Hurricane Katrina … more…
Post-Katrina, White Vigilantes Shot African-Americans With Impunity
Body of Evidence
In September 2005, roughly a week after Hurricane Katrina ripped into the Gulf Coast, a group of New Orleans police officers discovered … more…
Blago Wants His Money (For His Lawyers)
Earlier this week, we wondered whether Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich can tap his campaign war chest to pay for his defense against … more…
Conyers Responds to Revelations on Katrina Crimes
Responding to a ProPublica/Nation investigation into vigilante violence after Hurricane Katrina, Rep. John Conyers issued a public … more…
Post-Katrina, White Vigilantes Shot African-Americans With Impunity
The way Donnell Herrington tells it, there was no warning. One second he was trudging through the heat. The next he was lying prostrate … more…
Can Blagojevich Use Campaign Cash to Pay Lawyers?
Facing 30 years in prison on corruption charges, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is assembling the best defense team money can buy. The … more…
January 08, 2009
Madoff Con Hits Boston Institutions Hardest Tom Moroney, John Lauerman and Brian K. Sullivan, Bloomberg, January 08, 2009
British Regulator Starts Madoff Investigation Matthew Saltmarsh, New York Times, January 08, 2009
SEC Reopens Insider-Trading Probe at Pequot Kara Scannell, Wall Street Journal, January 08, 2009
AGs urge Congress to Let Bankruptcy Judges Modify Mortgages Chris Rizo, Legal Newsline, January 08, 2009
Ex-Sen. Larry Craig Drops Further Appeals AP, January 08, 2009
January 07, 2009
Federal Judge Indicted on Additional Sex Charges Juan A. Lozano, AP, January 07, 2009
Madoff Took in Millions Days Before Arrest Robert Frank and Amir Efrati, Wall Street Journal, January 07, 2009
Former Blackwater Guards Plead Not Guilty Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post, January 07, 2009
Court Filing Details Items Madoff Sent Jack Healy and Alex Berenson, New York Times, January 07, 2009
January 06, 2009
Baltimore Hit by Madoff Julie Bykowicz, Baltimore Sun, January 06, 2009