January 6, 2009

• FORMER BANK MANAGER SENTENCED TO OVER 6 YEARS IN PRISON IN D.C. PROPERTY TAX REFUND FRAUD SCHEME

  1/5/2009 Department of Justice News Release:
  FORMER BANK MANAGER SENTENCED TO OVER 6 YEARS IN PRISON IN D.C. (…)

• South Florida Investment Adviser Indicted for Multi-Million Dollar Misappropriation and Ponzi Scheme

  S.E.C. Litigation Release No. 20842 / January 6, 2009
  United States of America v. Anthony A. James, (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Case No. (…)

• FORMER INVESTMENT ADVISOR ARRAIGNED ON SECURITIES FRAUD CHARGES

  1/5/2009 FBI Press Release
  Atlanta, GA - FREDERICK J. BARTON, 48, of Atlanta, Georgia, was arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge C. (…)

• WANTED BY THE FBI Talented Professionals to Serve the Nation

  1/5/2009 Press Release from the F.B.I.
  Attention job seekers: the FBI is looking for a few good men and women to fill a variety of mission-critical roles within our organization. (…)

• Assistant Secretary Swagel to Hold Monthly Economic Briefing

  Jan 6, 2009 U.S. (…)

• Treasury Announces Results of High School Financial Literacy Challenge

  Jan 6, 2009 U.S. (…)

January 5, 2009

• Census Bureau to Survey Nation’s Spending Habits

  Jan 5, 2009 U.S. Census Bureau Press Release:
  ATLANTA — In January 2009, U.S. (…)

• Securities and Exchange Commission v. Braintree Energy, Inc. and Howard Graham

  January 5, 2009 Litigation Release:
  Securities and Exchange Commission v. Braintree Energy, Inc. and Howard Graham, Civil Action No. (…)

January 4, 2009

• OWNER OF REAL ESTATE COMPANY CHARGED WITH OPERATING MASSIVE INVESTMENT FRAUD SCHEME

  December 17, 2008 F.B.I. (…)

January 2, 2009

• Four Former Executives from Peregrine Systems, Inc. Sentenced

  San Diego, CA - United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt announced that four more executives from Peregrine Systems, Inc. (…)

• Treasury Releases Emergency Economic Stabilization Report

  January 2, 2009 Treasury Release:

  Washington – Treasury today released the attached report, required by section 102 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. (…)

• Treasury Releases Guidelines for Targeted Investment Program

  Washington – Treasury today released the program description for the Targeted Investment Program under which the Citigroup investment that was announced on Nov. 23 was made. (…)

January 1, 2009

• ORGANIZER OF FRAUDULENT GOVERNMENT LOAN SCHEME SENTENCED TO THIRTEEN MONTHS IMPRISONMENT

  December 23, 2008 Press Release from the F.B.I. (…)

December 30, 2008

• Congressionally-Mandated Study Says Improve, Do Not Suspend, Fair Value Accounting Standards

  Washington, D.C., Dec. (…)

• FTC Reports to Congress on Credit Report Complaint Referral Program

  December 30, 2008 FTC News Release
  The Federal Trade Commission has issued a report to Congress on the credit report complaint referral program under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). (…)

• SEC HALTS $23 MILLION PONZI SCHEME AND AFFINITY FRAUD TARGETING HAITIAN-AMERICAN INVESTORS

  Litigation Release from the S.E.C.
  U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Litigation Release No. 20840 / December 30, 2008
  Securities and Exchange Commission v. Creative Capital Consortium, LLC, et. (…)

• Treasury Announces TARP Investment in GMAC

  December 29, 2008 U.S. (…)

December 26, 2008

• New Credit Card Rules Highlights at Consumer-Action.org

  Consumer-Action.org has just published highlights of the new credit card rules that go into effect in 2010. (…)

December 25, 2008

• BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS, November 2008

  Bureau of Economic Analysis December 24, 2008 News Release:

  Personal Income and Outlays, November 2008

  Personal income decreased $20.7 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
  decreased $11.8 billion, or 0.1 percent, in November, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. (…)

December 23, 2008

• FTC Issues Third Interim Report to Congress on Results of Studies Required by FACT Act

  December 23, 2008 FTC Press Release
  The Federal Trade Commission has issued an interim report to Congress under Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, which requires the FTC to study the accuracy and completeness of information in consumers’ credit reports and to consider methods for improving the accuracy and completeness of such information. (…)