Linda Thomsen

Congress Madoff

Prosecutor warns of whistleblowers "run amok"

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whistleblowers who turn in false information in pursuit of rewards under a new federal program could face criminal prosecution, the U.S. attorney for Manhattan said on Friday.
 

Philadelphia, where rogue traders dare not tread

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - An office building that sits atop an upscale shopping mall in downtown Philadelphia is not the sort of place that would ordinarily strike fear into the hearts of bad guys on Wall Street.
 

Philadelphia, where rogue traders dare not tread

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - An office building that sits atop an upscale shopping mall in downtown Philadelphia is not the sort of place that would ordinarily strike fear into the hearts of bad guys on Wall Street.
 

Report shows investigators botched Madoff probes

SEC report shows investigators bungled Madoff probes for 16 years, failed to act on complaints. Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff tried by turns to bully and impress the federal examiners who looked into his business, but the investigators managed by themselves to botch the probes and enable Madoff's multibillion-dollar fraud to continue for nearly two decades, a new report shows.
 

SEC chiefs in dark as Madoff evaded junior staff

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officials were in the dark that staff were probing Bernard Madoff until the former financier was arrested in December 2008 for running a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, a federal watchdog said in a report released on Friday.
 

SEC chiefs in dark as Madoff evaded junior staff

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officials were in the dark that staff were probing Bernard Madoff until the former financier was arrested in December 2008 for running a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, a federal watchdog said in a report released on Friday.
 

Blistering report faults SEC for Madoff misses

BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators missed "numerous" red flags that may have led to Bernard Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme and never did a "thorough and competent" probe despite complaints dating to 1992, a federal watchdog has concluded.
 

Unshackled, Wall Street's cop goes hard on fraud

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wall Street's top cop has a lot to prove and its been taking no prisoners.
 

SEC top examiner Richards to leave agency

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's top inspector, Lori Richards, is leaving the agency after a year in which her office and the enforcement division was accused of failing to spot Bernard Madoff's $65 billion fraud.
 

Head of SEC inspections office leaving in August

Head of SEC inspections office since 1995, Lori Richards leaving agency in August. The official who has headed a key division at the Securities and Exchange Commission since its creation in 1995 is leaving the agency.
 

SEC enforcement operation under scrutiny

Enforcement operation of SEC under scrutiny as senators hear from new division chief. Lawmakers are examining the enforcement operation of the Securities and Exchange Commission and whether it is up to the task of policing the marketplace at a time of shattered investor confidence and financial upheaval.
 

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Linda Chatman Thomsen


BornApril 1, 1954 (1954-04-01) (age 55)
Long Valley, New Jersey, United States
EthnicityPolish
Spouse(s)Steuart Hill Thomsen [1]
OccupationGovernment ; Law
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