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People working for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who owned stock in companies under investigation were more likely to sell shares than other investors in the months before the agency announced it was taking enforcement actions, according to a new academic paper. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Economy

Study finds SEC staff sold shares before settlements made public

Bloomberg News -

February 27, 2014 5:00 am

28 new indictments in NY disability fraud case

Jennifer Peltz -

February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Charles Moreau, the former mayor of Central Falls, R.I., outside leaves Federal Court in Providence, RI., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Moreau struck a deal that would allow him to be freed from prison after serving half his two-year sentence. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Rhode Island ex-mayor strikes deal to get out of prison

Washington Examiner -

February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Credit Suisse Group helped American customers hide as much as $10 billion in assets from the Internal Revenue Service, more than double the amount previously known, according to a U.S. Senate committee. (AP/Gaetan Bally)

Politics

Credit Suisse helped clients hide billions, Senate says

Bloomberg News -

February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Missouri lawmakers divided on ethics law process

Jordan Shapiro -

February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Former Pittsburgh police chief Nathan Harper, right, who pleaded guilty to stealing police funds by depositing them into unauthorized credit union accounts, leaves federal court in Pittsburgh with his wife, Cynthia Harper, center, and his attorney Robert Del Greco, left, after being sentenced to 18 months in prison on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Pittsburgh ex-chief gets 18 months in federal pen

Joe Mandak -

February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Delayed building maintenance and repair backlogs can cost as much as $20 billion from the General Services Administration, and the departments of Energy, Homeland Security, the Interior, and Veterans' Affairs in 2012. (Thinkstock)

Deferred building maintenance, repairs cost government billions, GAO says

Kelly Cohen -

February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Pittsburgh former police chief Nathan Harper is facing sentencing for conspiring to create an unauthorized slush fund from which he spent more than $30,000 on himself. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Ex-Pittsburgh chief facing federal prison or probation

Associated Press -

February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Columnists

EXography: Ending improper federal payments could eliminate billions in waste and fraud

Veronique de Rugy -

February 25, 2014 5:00 am

UPDATED: New IG report finds more wasteful conference spending by NIST

Kelly Cohen -

February 24, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Follow the Money

Study finds SEC staff sold shares before settlements made public

28 new indictments in NY disability fraud case

Rhode Island ex-mayor strikes deal to get out of prison

Credit Suisse helped clients hide billions, Senate says

Missouri lawmakers divided on ethics law process

Pittsburgh ex-chief gets 18 months in federal pen

Deferred building maintenance, repairs cost government billions, GAO says

Ex-Pittsburgh chief facing federal prison or probation

EXography: Ending improper federal payments could eliminate billions in waste and fraud

UPDATED: New IG report finds more wasteful conference spending by NIST

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