Wall Street Fraud
TIME TO GET MEDIEVAL, November 2012
The fact is, despite our efforts, it is the golden age for financial crooks.
WHY WE SHOULD KILL THE SEC, March 2012
The list is long and growing. There’s the “Amish Bernie Madoff”, accused of bilking residents of quiet Amish and Mennonite towns in Ohio..
AMERICAN PSYCHO, December 2011
A recent study by the Swiss research University of St. Gallen seems to have scientifically proven what readers of our newsletter and listeners of the Watchdog on Wall Street Radio Show have been privy to for years. The University found that the behavior o…
NO JUSTICE, October 2011
I have been pointing out the painfully obvious and the all too often ignored truth about Wall Street and how it operates for some time now. It has been my contention that white-collar crime in this arena does pay. Almost every major scandal that has been e…
FRAUD FILES, May 2011
Sticking It To The Taxpayer The U.S. Attorneys office has sued Deutsche Bank for tricking a government insurance program into backing mortgage loans that carried much more risk than the firm let on. Most of the loans have been defaulted on, costing “We …
FRAUD FILES, June 2010
Back by popular demand…I give you our latest edition of the Fraud Files. This is a very small sampling of the scams that we encounter on a daily basis. Target Your Fellow Churchgoers. Tom Matkin, a lawyer and stake holder in the Church of Latter day …
FRAUD FILES, March 2010
Luis Fernandez of Fernandez Financial in Folsom, California has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of money laundering and wire fraud. Fernandez collected money from investors by promising a 3% monthly return on their money. Fernandez told investors …
THE CHUPACABRA STRIKES, September 2009
HOW HE DID IT, December 2008
SAME SCAM DIFFERENT SECURITY, July 2008
UNSCRUPULOUS FEES, June 2008
MAKE US PRETTY AGAIN, May 2008
WE DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE, May 2008
AVOID THE MINEFIELD, March 2008
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, January 2008
SEVEN YEARS LATE AND $83.71 SHORT, January 2008
RANDOM BLOTTERS AND DOCKERS, November 2007
MORGAN STANLEY IN HOT WATER AGAIN, November 2007
I AM WOMAN HEAR ME TRADE, November 2007
MONEY FOR NOTHING, November 2007
PERFORMANCE SHENANIGANS, October 2007
SERVING UP EQUITY INDEXED ANNUITIES, September 2007
HOTEL HEDGE FUND, September 2007
FREE DINNER FIASCO, September 2007
JASON VS. INVESTMENT CON ARTISTS, September 2007
WALLSTREET GOES TO THE COWS, September 2007
SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE, July 2007
THE NUTTY PROFESSORS, July 2007
FIDELITY'S JIHAD, May 2007
INSERT FOOT IN MOUTH, May 2007
ISN'T THAT SPECIAL, May 2007
WORLD WISE, May 2007
TRILOGY OF INVESTMENT TERROR, May 2007
PERVASIVE FRAUD, April 2007
GET OUT OF JAIL FREE, March 2007
SHELF SPACE SHENANIGANS, March 2007
GHOULS, March 2007
THE ULTIMATE OXYMORON, March 2007
BROKEN CALCULATOR, January 2007
RADIO WASTELAND, January 2007
JUSTICE CLAUS, November 2006
GROUNDHOG'S DAY FOR THE WATCHDOG, November 2006
FINANCIAL PARASITES VS. GORDON GECKO, November 2006
FOLLOW UP'S AND SEE I TOLD YOU SO'S, September 2006
BLODGET RETURNS, July 2006
YEAH YEAH THAT'S THE TICKET, July 2006
FEAR AND LOATHING AT THE SENIOR SUMMIT, July 2006
HAVE I GOT A HIGH YIELD INVESTMENT FOR YOU, July 2006
SEND THEM TO THE NAUGHTY CHAIR, July 2006
MORE BLOTTERS AND DOCKETS, May 2006
THE H&R BLOCK FIASCO CONTINUES, April 2006
AVERAGE INVESTOR BE DAMNED, March 2006
AFFINITY FRAUD, March 2006
MORE FROM THE BLOCKHEADS, February 2006
THE UNLUCKY 13, February 2006
EASY MONEY TALL TALES, January 2006
ALL THE NEWS THATS FIT TO BE SOLD, January 2006
BLOFELD RULES THE STREET, January 2006
DECEPTION UNIVERSITY, January 2006
MORE H&R BLOCK SHENANIGANS, December 2005
THE REAL MORGAN STANLEY, November 2005
AVOID NED RYERSON, November 2005
CALL CENTER HELL, November 2005
DONT BE A BLOCKHEAD, November 2005
MY TWO CENTS, November 2005
INSIDE THE ASYLUM, September 2005
EXTREME MAKEOVER, September 2005
BIG PIMPIN, July 2005
SEC FOLLIES, July 2005
DARTH VADER RETURNS, July 2005
THE PERFECT MARK, July 2005
CALL THE GUINNESS PEOPLE, May 2005
NIGHTMARE ON HEDGE FUND STREET, May 2005
RAWHIDE, May 2005
WHITE COLLAR JUSTICE, May 2005
WATCHDOGS BELIEVE IT OR NOT, May 2005
MUCH ADO ABOUT SNAKE OIL, March 2005
RETURN OF THE SWIPER, March 2005
TRUMPED!, March 2005
BET THE RANCH, January 2005
TIME OUT, January 2005
CITIGROUP SMITH BARNEY IN HOT WATER AGAIN, January 2005
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY, January 2005
ANOTHER FLORIDA PENNY STOCK SCAM, January 2005
SWIPER NO SWAPPING, January 2005
HEDGE HOG, November 2004
THREE COINS IN A FOUNTAIN, November 2004
GODZILLA VS SMITH BARNEY, September 2004
INVEST AT YOUR OWN PERIL, July 2004
FIDELITY STARTS UP THE SHREDDERS, July 2004
THE DOG ATE IT, July 2004
MORE SLEAZE FROM VARIABLE ANNUITIES, July 2004
BARNEY FIFE GETS HIS MAN, June 2004
THE NASD STRIKES AGAIN, May 2004
CURIOUS GEORGE AND THE IRONIC STOCK RECOMMENDATION, May 2004
JUSTICE FOR SALE, May 2004
LIKE TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY, March 2004
GOLDFINGER 2004, March 2004
FINEDOMETER, March 2004
MORE FROM WORLDCOM, January 2004
PUTNAM LABOR UNIONS, January 2004
MORE ANNUITY FRAUD, January 2004
HEADS UP TO OUR FRIENDS IN WASHINGTON, January 2004
A WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING, January 2004
LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER, June 2003
THE GREAT AMERICAN SELL OUT, May 2003
KICKING INVESTORS WHEN THEY ARE DOWN, May 2003
DIRTY WHITE SHOES, May 2003
THE TRUTH HURTS, April 2003
NEW EVIDENCE, March 2003
MUTUAL FUND FOLLIES, February 2003
MORE FROM CSFB, February 2003
SELL-OUT CONTINUED, January 2003
MUTUAL FUND FALLOUT, January 2003
ANNUITY SCAM, January 2003
OF LIPSTICK AND PIGS, December 2002
THE BUDDY SYSTEM, December 2002
INDEPENDENT AND STUPID, December 2002
RETURN OF THE INDULGENCE, November 2002
ENRON AND UBS FOLLOW UP, November 2002
SELL OUT, October 2002
MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS, October 2002
SCAM STREET, August 2002
TELECOM MAFIA, July 2002
SLAP ON THE WRIST, July 2002
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, June 2002
MORE ENRON MYTHS, June 2002
CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE, June 2002
GREEN DEVILS, May 2002
BLOTTERS AND DOCKETS, April 2002
MARKETING LIES, March 2002
ENRONITIS, January 2002
CONFLICT OF INTEREST, December 2001
GRAND LARCENY, October 2001
BEWARE OF THE HOT FUNDS, August 2001
CREDIBILITY CONCERNS, October 2000
ANATOMY OF A SWINDLE, April 2000
JARGON EXPLAINED, October 1999
UNDERSTANDING ENRON, August 1999
CASINO, June 1999
