Posts Tagged ‘Bank Fraud’
3/30/24: Five Banks Have a Combined Half Trillion Dollars in Commercial Real Estate Loans; Number 1 is JPMorgan Chase
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Yesterday, American Banker released a report showing that five banks in the U.S. hold a combined half trillion dollars in commercial real estate (CRE) loans. It came as a big surprise to a lot of folks that the bank holding the largest amount of CRE loans is JPMorgan Chase – whose…
Sam Bankman-Fried, the Founder of FTX, Has Been Convicted of Fraud and Has Been Sentenced to a Lengthy 25-Year Prison Term
Good Day America… By SRH, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in New York. The judge rejected Bankman-Fried’s argument that FTX customers did not suffer any losses and accused him of lying during his trial. Bankman-Fried was convicted of conspiracy and fraud charges…
3/26/24: Wall Street’s Go-To Law Firm, Sullivan & Cromwell, Got in Bed with Crypto; Now Its Reputation Is Being Hammered
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Ryne Miller, Former Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Who Became General Counsel of FTX.US Since January, the reputation of Wall Street’s go-to law firm, Sullivan & Cromwell, has been repeatedly hammered. It all stems from the law firm’s decision some years ago to involve itself in legal representations of crypto firms and/or…
3/22/24: FTX Was Down to Last 105 Bitcoins When Bankruptcy Rescue Crew Arrived: John Ray,Ray Said Bankman-Fried’s Victims “Will Never Be Returned to the Same Economic Position They Would Have Been in Today Absent His Colossal Fraud
By Cheyenne Ligon Current FTX CEO John J. Ray III is pushing back against his disgraced predecessor Sam Bankman-Fried’s claims that customers lost “zero” money in the exchange’s 2022 collapse, calling them “categorically, callously, and demonstrably false.” In a victim impact statement penned by Ray on behalf of FTX and its subsidiaries, Ray told New…
3/20/24:During Spring Bank Panic of 2023, Liquidity Advances from FHLBs Topped Those of Q4 2008, when Wall Street Was in Collapse
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: According to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and using a graph from the St. Louis Fed above, the liquidity crisis among banks in the spring of last year was far more dramatic than has been acknowledged by banking regulators. According to the data, during the worst financial crisis…
3/5/24: Watchdog, Better Markets, Investigates the Bank that Has Lost 65 Percent of Its Market Value in Two Months and Was Downgraded to Junk by Moody’s
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: The widely respected banking and Wall Street watchdog, Better Markets, has a new report out on the latest teetering bank holding company, New York Community Bancorp (ticker NYCB). The title of the well-researched report pretty much says it all: “A Frankenstein Monster Federal Regulators Created.” NYCB has lost 65 percent of…
2/3/24: Which Banks Are In Trouble In 2024?
BanksterCrime: The worst banks in America of 2024 It’s important to keep in mind that even if a bank is featured here, that doesn’t mean it should be avoided at all costs — these are still major businesses with large customer bases, and might be able to serve your banking needs just fine. However, it…
3/1/24: The Fed Pretends to Send a Warning to Wall Street’s Mega Banks on Derivatives and Counterparty Risk
BanksterCrime: By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: On Tuesday, the Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve, Michael Barr, delivered a speech at a risk management conference in Manhattan. Barr’s objective was to convince conference attendees that the Fed has its eye on the ball when it comes to Wall Street mega banks and their counterparties…
2/27/24: all-American” Companies That Are Now Internationally-Owned
By SRH, There are many well-known enterprises that are considered typically American. These firms provided some of the best services and products the world has ever seen, putting the United States on the map. However, the world is full of unexpected developments and it appears that these all-American firms are no longer so American. But…
2/26/24: Why Are Some U.S. Lawmakers Opposed to CBDCs?
By SRH, Update: Government oversight, management, and regulation are applied to digital currencies called CBDCs. There are concerns that these measures could pave the way for a dictatorship through the implementation of digital IDs, immunization passports, social credit ratings, and other policies. This article details the workshop’s schedule and emphasizes the importance of paying attention…