Federal prosecutors stepping up subprime probe: report
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Federal prosecutors have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission for information gathered from an investigation of Merrill Lynch &amp; Co's  activities in mortgage securities, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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The Justice Department has opened an  investigation of possible accounting fraud at Fannie Mae, The  Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, after a federal  regulator said the mortgage giant may have manipulated its  earnings targets.
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The FBI's investigation of 14 corporations in a crackdown on improper subprime lending could expand to other companies, but the complex probes may take some time before any charges are brought, a federal law enforcement official said on Wednesday.
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Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., have opened an investigation into possible wrongdoing at mortgage giant Fannie Mae, just days after regulators accused the company of shoddy accounting practices, according to sources familiar with the probe.
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Federal prosecutors in Washington, DC, have opened an investigation into possible wrongdoing at mortgage giant Fannie Mae, just days after regulators accused the company
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A federal grand jury filed more charges Wednesday against the city&#39;s former treasurer and a top mayoral fund-raiser in a broad corruption probe that involved FBI wiretapping
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The U.S. Justice Department and other  authorities have stepped up investigations into several large  European banks for violating sanctions against Iran, Libya,  Cuba and Sudan, the Financial Times reported in its online  edition.
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Feds reportedly subpoenaed financial records and employees in an apparent probe of the Rev. Al Sharpton's 2004 presidential bid, nonprofit civil rights group and for-profit businesses
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Reports of suspected mortgage fraud have doubled since 2005, and government agencies that investigate and prosecute such cases say they cannot keep up.
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The Illinois attorney general has subpoenaed documents from Countrywide Financial, broadening an investigation into lending practices that has already led to a lawsuit against one mortgage broker.
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The FBI probes 14 firms embroiled in the sub-prime mortgage crisis as it cracks down on improper lending.
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The Justice Department has opened an  investigation of possible accounting fraud at Fannie Mae, the  Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, after a federal  regulator said the mortgage giant may have manipulated its  earnings targets.
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The U.S. Justice Department has  begun a criminal investigation into possible wrongdoing at  Riggs Bank, The Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing a  letter from the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia to  federal bank regulators.
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BaFin, the chief financial watchdog, said yesterday that it had begun an investigation into whether investors who had put money into property funds at the centre of the scandal had been disadvantaged.
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The company will provide evidence that banks had information about the risks posed by subprime mortgages.
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The proposal by federal regulators comes as subprime mortgages have come under stress and scrutiny.
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Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac  does not expect the U.S. Justice Department to take further  action in a criminal investigation into accounting  transgressions at the company, the Washington Post reported on  Tuesday.