Keyword: Citigroup

Road to Ruin: Mortgage Fraud Scandal Brewing

By  Lagan Sebert

Criminal fraud may be the most underreported aspect of our current financial crisis...

Stress Tests Might Be Pointless, Treasury Declines to Comment on Off-Book-Assets

By  Danielle Ivory

This report was produced in collaboration with Alternet.

At the center of President Obama's overhaul strategy for Wall Street are the "stress tests" which will be applied to all financial institutions...

Citi CEO Pandit Caught In Double-Talk: Earns $10.8M After Telling Congress He Made $1M

By  Lagan Sebert

This piece was produced in conjunction with the Huffington Post:
"Citigroup Chief Executive Vikram Pandit received nearly $11 million of compensation in 2008...

Citigroup’s Special Treatment

By  Lagan Sebert  David Murdock

The once almighty Citigroup is now getting a third lifeline from the U.S...

Grayson Grills Citigroup CEO

By  Harry Hanbury  Lagan Sebert

CEOs of the biggest bailed-out banks finally appeared before Congress. Over the course of a seven-hour hearing, there were remarkably few revealing moments...

William Greider on the Democrats' Money Dilemma

By  Lagan Sebert

William Greider has covered politics from D.C...

Where Are The Bankers, Barney Frank?

By  Lagan Sebert

Barney Frank has repeatedly promised to bring bank executives in to testify before Congress about what they are doing with taxpayer money from the TARP...

Tax Havens: The Hidden Hand in the Financial Crisis

By  Lagan Sebert

The financial crisis seems as if it emerged from nowhere and struck as hard and fast as lightning...