Tag: Watchdog

NY to get $182M from Citigroup’s $7B settlement

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2014 7:01 am

NY seizes 2.5 million contraband cigarettes

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2014 7:00 am

Attorney General Eric Holder participates in a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Monday, July 14, 2014, where it was announced that Citigroup will pay $7 billion to settle an investigation into risky subprime mortgages, the type that helped fuel the financial crisis. The agreement comes weeks after talks between the sides broke down, prompting the government to warn that it would sue the New York investment bank. The bank had offered to pay less then $4 billion, a sum substantially less that what the Justice Department was asking for. The settlement stems from the sale of securities made up of subprime mortgages, which fueled both the housing boon and bust that triggered the Great Recession at the end of 2007. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Citigroup to pay $7B in subprime mortgages probe

Eric Tucker · July 14, 2014 10:25 pm

File- This May 29, 2013, file photo shows Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam during a news conference in Cleveland. Authorities say the truck-stop company owned by Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has agreed to pay $92 million in fines for cheating customers out of promised rebates and discounts. The agreement was signed by attorneys for the nation's largest diesel retailer Friday. The agreement does not protect any individual at Pilot from prosecution and requires the company to cooperate with an ongoing investigation of current and former employees. Haslam has said he was unaware of the scheme. Tenn. Gov. Bill Haslam is not involved in Pilot's day-to-day operations. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)

Haslam-owned truck-stop chain to pay $92M fine

Travis Loller · July 14, 2014 10:08 pm

VA paid out about $2.7 million in merit bonuses to SES executives in 2013. Bonuses for 2014 have been suspended.ÃÂ (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Fast tracking claims helped Veterans Affairs backlog stats but hurt disabled vets, inspector general finds

Mark Flatten · July 14, 2014 9:42 pm

Ernst & Young paying $4M to settle SEC charges

Washington Examiner · July 14, 2014 8:48 pm

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan speaks during a press conference Monday, July 14, 2014, in Chicago. Madigan has filed lawsuits against two companies for allegedly scamming people who are repaying student loan debt. The lawsuits name Chicago-based First American Tax Defense LLC and Frisco, Texas-based Broadsword Student Advantage LLC. The companies allegedly charged people up to $1,200 up front for sham services.(AP Photo/Stacy Thacker)

Illinois AG sues, alleging student loan debt scams

Sophia Tareen · July 14, 2014 7:10 pm

In June, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told Congress he had "moved heaven and earth" in his effort to recover Lois Lerner's emails, which were believed lost after her hard drive was "scratched" and then scrapped. (iStock)

Another federal judge orders IRS to produce signed affidavits explaining its actions in targeting scandal

Mark Tapscott · July 14, 2014 9:00 am

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Energy and Environment

This Energy Department blunder cost taxpayers at least $56 million

Kelly Cohen · July 13, 2014 6:17 pm

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HUD program, meant to help, actually hurts, IG reports

Kelly Cohen · July 13, 2014 5:31 pm

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Guess what this ‘federal employee of the year’ was doing with mail

Kelly Cohen · July 13, 2014 5:07 pm

Chicago police to make misconduct files public

Washington Examiner · July 13, 2014 4:48 pm