White-collar crime
Inside the Abortive FBI Investigation of Illegal Foreclosure in Florida
The massive probe threatened to implicate the biggest banks in America, but sent just one woman to prison.
The Panama Papers Leaker Says the Media, Politicians, and Lawyers Are All Corrupt
"John Doe" compared himself to Edward Snowden and called out Wikileaks for ignoring his documents.
Why White-Collar Criminals Think the Panama Papers Won't Change Shit
A current prisoner who used to hang with Bernie Madoff asked some convicted financial criminals for their take.
Why You Should Care About Big Banks Cutting Deals with the Feds to Avoid Prosecution
Wall Street deviants play by their own set of rules.
How Politicians Could Stop Offshore Tax Havens (if They Wanted To)
To do it right, the world would have to go after one notorious bastion of tax secrecy: the United States of America.
We Asked an Offshore Banking Industry Insider How the Feds Will Respond to the Panama Papers
The massive data leak has politicians around the world on the defensive. But how will the US government react?
America's Least Favorite Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Just Got Arrested by the Feds
The 32-year-old who rose to national prominence when he raised the price of Daraprim, a drug that treats toxoplasmosis, from $13.50 to $750 overnight, got booked for securities fraud early Thursday.
Even White-Collar Criminals Can Get Screwed Over by the Prison System
A man I once knew in prison got out but was unable to return to anything resembling a normal life thanks to aggressive parole restrictions.
How Eric Holder's Corporate Law Firm Is Turning Into a 'Shadow Justice Department'
A decline in federal prosecutions of white-collar crime and the circulation of personnel between the DOJ and corporate law has raised questions about the Obama administration's handling of the finance industry.
Some of the World's Biggest Banks Admitted to Gaming the Currency Market
JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, Citigroup, and Royal Bank of Scotland have to pay billions in fines after pleading guilty to activities that sound straight out of "Wolf of Wall Street."
This Former Bank Regulator Quit His Job to Fight For His House
Eric Mains has been fighting big banks in court for years, and now he's embarking on a major gambit: He doesn't think they can prove they actually own his mortgage.
Are White-Collar Crime Registries the Key to Preventing Another Financial Crisis?
On Wednesday, the Utah State Legislature created a sex-offender-style registry for warning the public about Utah's Gordon Gekkos. The idea might just catch on.