Inquiry Focuses on Withholding of Data on Loans
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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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Lawmakers say they want to know whether a Veterans Affairs employee was being unfairly blamed for losing veterans&#039; personal information, citing newly disclosed documents showing he had received permission to work on the data from home.
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A Justice Department investigation has found pervasive errors in the FBI's use of its power to secretly demand telephone, e-mail and financial records in national security cases, officials with access to the report said yesterday.
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New Century Financial Corp.  on Tuesday said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the subprime mortgage lender, which is under siege from creditors and has stopped making loans.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday said it is investigating 14 companies for possible fraud or insider trading violations in connection with loans made to risky borrowers, and investments spun off of those loans
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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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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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An innocent financial background check can send ripples through your credit file.
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Investigation-raised questions lead computer maker to hold up regulatory filing; federal prosecutor begins a related probe.
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Nevada election officials have launched an investigation into allegations that a Republican-led voter registration drive improperly disposed of forms it collected from potential Democratic voters.
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The UK's Treasury Select Committee is to investigate "free" banking and competition in the sector.
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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
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The mortgage giant said today that prosecutors had asked the company to preserve documents as part of an investigation into Fannie Mae's accounting practices.
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The inquiry by the N.Y. attorney general shows a focus on the relationships between loan companies and colleges.
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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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Fannie Mae, the US biggest government-ruled mortgage lender, faces formal investigation conducted by the US Justice Department of possible accounting fraud.
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has launched an investigation into the business practices of the nation's biggest mortgage lender and said yesterday that the office may expand its probe into how homeowners were approved for mortgages far beyond their means.