The New York attorney general sued some of the nation's biggest banks on Friday, accusing them of unlawful and deceptive practices for relying on a private electronic registry that tracks mortgages.
Bank of New York Mellon is being sued by state and federal prosecutors for allegedly defrauding institutional clients out of $2 billion by misrepresenting foreign exchange rates on transactions it executed for big pension funds.
The New York Attorney General has broadened an investigation into banks that sold mortgages to investors, zeroing in on seven banks and four bond insurers, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The company formerly known as Trump University is one of several for-profit schools under investigation by the New York Attorney General, a Trump spokesman confirmed Friday.
Quadrangle investment group founding partner and former Obama "auto czar" Steven Rattner agreed Thursday to pay a $10 million fine in a settlement with the New York attorney general's office over a pension fund scheme.
A former aide to New York Gov. David Paterson, whose alleged attack on a former girlfriend led to cover-up allegations against the governor, has been charged with assault, authorities said Thursday.
Bank of America's chief executive officer spent four hours Thursday testifying in an investigation into the $3.6 billion in bonuses that Merrill Lynch paid out just before it was acquired by the bank last year, but still refused to give out the details of those payments.
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the legendary former chief executive of AIG, declined to answer questions Saturday from the New York Attorney General's office about his role in a controversial transaction between AIG and another insurer. Instead, Greenberg invoked his Fifth Amendment rights, his defense lawyer confirmed.
Bank of America Corp. revealed Thursday that it has received subpoenas and requests for information from various state and federal regulators regarding its sale of auction-rate securities
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he is prepared to charge Citigroup Inc. with fraudulent sales of auction-rate securities and with the destruction of key documents
New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Friday that his office intends to file charges against Citigroup for the alleged fraudulent marketing and sale of troubled auction-rate securities to everyday investors.
New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Thursday brought a multi-billion dollar civil lawsuit against the Swiss banking giant UBS for allegedly pushing everyday investors into buying troubled auction-rate securities.
After 20 years of protesting his innocence - 17 of them spent behind bars - Martin Tankleff has finally been cleared of responsibility for the 1988 murder of his parents, thanks to a motion filed by the New York Attorney General's office on Monday.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating 18 Wall Street investment banks regarding the collapsed auction rate securities market, according to an article from the Wall Street Journal.
Student loan company Nelnet reached a $2 million settlement with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo stemming from investigations into the company's student loan practices.
Twenty cents here, 30 cents there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money - $10,000 to be exact.
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Record high crude oil prices weighed on stocks Monday morning, although a pair of upgrades for Dow stock AIG and some mega-merger news helped temper the impact.
Eliot Spitzer may be ready to turn in his badge.
Stocks inched higher early Friday as investors shrugged off a weaker-than-expected read on gross domestic product growth and another uptick in the price of oil.
Eliot Spitzer has rattled Wall Street's cage with investigations into stock research, mutual funds and insurance sales, but the New York Attorney General isn't done: now he's turning his attention to record labels, according to a published report Friday.
AT&T Corp. will pay $400,000 in fines and issue refunds to about 300,000 New Yorkers to settle claims that it billed people who had not signed up for one of its long-distance plans, the New York Attorney General said Tuesday.
Federal and state regulators are nearing an agreement with Janus Capital Group Inc. (JNS) under which the firm would pay more than $200 million to settle allegations that it allowed improper trading of its fund shares, people familiar with the negotiations told The Wall Street Journal.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Attorney General are expected to bring civil fraud charges against the Columbia Management unit of FleetBoston Financial Corp. (FBF) as soon as today, alleging that the firm allowed improper trading of several of its mutual funds, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.
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