F.B.I. Opens Subprime Inquiry
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Fourteen firms are under scrutiny for possible accounting fraud, insider trading or other violations tied to loans made to borrowers with weak, or subprime, credit.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed The Chubb Corp. in a "fact-finding inquiry" regarding loss-mitigation insurance products.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating matters related to Merrill Lynch & Co Inc's  subprime mortgage portfolio, the company said on Wednesday.
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The FBI recently opened two more investigations for a total of 16 corporations now being probed as part of its crackdown on subprime mortgage industry fraud, a bureau spokesman said on Thursday.
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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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It takes a special kind of cheek to ask investors at this moment to fund a new company specializing in subprime residential mortgage loans.
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Federal bank regulators, worried about a surge in defaults on high-risk home mortgages, on Friday called on lenders to exercise caution in making subprime loans and closely evaluate borrowers' ability to repay them.
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As the appetite for home loans soared, the apparent inability of lenders to spot suspicious transactions is puzzling to some.
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Financial regulators on Thursday asked prosecutors to investigate allegations that UFJ Holdings Inc.&#39;s banking unit illegally obstructed recent inspections by reporting misleading information about its nonperforming loans.
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The former Fannie Mae accountant who raised questions about the mortgage giant&#39;s accounting said Wednesday that he had taken his concerns directly to chief executive Franklin Raines and asked him to investigate.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation, seeking to stem a rising tide of crime in home financing, said on Thursday it will warn borrowers and lenders that mortgage fraud can result in stiff fines and prison time.
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An investigation has begun into whether Wall Street bank employees are leaking information about big trades to favored clients.
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D.C.-based business financing provider Allied Capital Corp. on Monday said it received last week a federal request for information related to a criminal investigation involving the company and its Business Loan Express LLC segment.
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Regulators have discovered serious accounting problems at mortgage giant Fannie Mae, prompting an inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission and calling into question its
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New York State prosecutors are investigating whether Wall Street banks withheld information about the risks posed by investments linked to subprime mortgages.
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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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New York (Dec. 20, 2004) - The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has reportedly opened an investigation into KPMG&#39;s audits of mortgage finance company Fannie Mae.