Every know and then we check back on our “friends,” America’s too big to fail banking behemoths. Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase. Usually when we write a new post its because Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been on the warpath and was able to extract more silence and stuttering from the […]
Former Irish Bank Prez Arrested By Cops – Ireland Takes Bank Fraud Seriously
by Brian Mahany Because we have a thriving offshore tax law practice, we read many foreign newspapers. This morning I was happily surprised to read the Irish Central and see Sean FitzPatrick, former CEO of Anglo Irish Bank, wearing handcuffs and being lead into a Dublin criminal courtroom by uniformed cops. FitzPatrick ran Anglo Irish […]
JPMorgan Loses $2 Billion, Calls Loss A "Stupid" Mistake
by Brian Mahany Originally, I wasn’t going to write about the $2 billion loss suffered by banking giant JP Morgan. After all, it just affects investors foolish enough to have purchased stock in the bank. (JP Morgan’s stock plunged after the loss became public.) The response to the loss in recent days is what has […]