Lawyer: Financial adviser to plead guilty to criminal charges in first bank bailout fraud caseNASHVILLE, Tenn. — A former financial adviser in Tennessee will plead guilty to criminal charges in the first fraud case related to the federal bank bailout program, his lawyer said Wednesday. Police investigating death of Freddie Mac officialVIENNA, VA. — The chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, one of the mortgage giants at the heart of the nation’s financial meltdown, was found dead in his basement early Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide. Madoff Mets season tickets sell for $38,100 on eBay, well below $56,000 listNEW YORK — Someone got a bargain with Bernard Madoff’s Mets season tickets. Madoff middleman charged with fraudNEW YORK - An investment advisor who allegedly steered his clients’ money to Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme was charged with fraud Monday. Ponzi King Madoff said to have cheated on his wife many timesNEW YORK - Ponzi scammer Bernie Madoff, who is currently in jail for defrauding investors of millions of dollars, also cheated on his devoted wife Ruth New York ponzi scheme accused Madoff could spend 150 years in prisonNEW YORK - Bernard L. Madoff, the man accused of defrauding people of billions of dollars while operating a vast Ponzi scheme that began at least 20 years ago, is to plead guilty to the charge on Thursday, and if he does so, he could spend at least 150 years in prison. Yet another finance scandal: Stanford Bank took $8 bnMEXICO CITY/NEW YORK - Latin American countries have moved to stem losses from another US finance scandal, this time centred on Texas billionaire Robert Allen Stanford and his Antigua-based bank. Stanford is best-known in India as the big cricket moghul of the West Indies. Madoff investor commits suicideNEW YORK - A French investment manager and the co-founder of a firm that raised money in Europe to be put into Bernard Madoff’s fraud-hit scheme has committed suicide in his office here, media reports said. |