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Gas Shortages Lead to Desperate Measures In Storm Zone… Prices for delivery of a five-gallon container ranging from $30-$100 Tuesday

Shorter but persistent lines at gas stations in the Northeast and sporadic closures have led to a gray market for fuel on Craigslist, with prices for delivery of a five-gallon container ranging from $30-$100 Tuesday.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office opened a very preliminary investigation into the Craigslist postings, a spokeswoman told NBC News, adding it was mainly within the context of a broader probe — announced Monday — [...]

$7 Bread, $10 Box of Matches

More than 400 possible cases of price gouging of gasoline and other essentials, including a $10 box of matches and $7 loaf of bread, have been reported in New York before and after Sandy.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Hurricane-Sandy-Price-Gouging-Scams-Investigation-177279531.html

Unconfirmed: JPMorgan Chase CEO – Jamie Dimon Has Had An Arrest Warrant Issued By The FBI!

From Glenn Canady www.project.nsearch:
This story is moving fast! We are going to be DAYS ahead of the mainstream media in reporting that JPMorgan Chase CEO – Jamie Dimon has had an arrest warrant issued by the FBI! This story which was broken by Tom Heneghan is EXPLOSIVE! The banksters have robbed America since the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913 and the Fake CIA News and political puppets will not [...]

Two U.S. states probing banks over Libor manipulation (both NY and Connecticut)

Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:51am EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a probe into possible manipulation of the Libor benchmark international lending rates by global banks, his spokesman said.

The U.S. Justice Department is also building criminal cases against several financial institutions and their employees related to the manipulation of interest rates, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/16/us-banking-libor-states-idUSBRE86F02520120716

Bride ‘tricked fiancé into marrying her by telling him she had cancer… then duped family and friends into paying for lavish reception and honeymoon’

Jessica Vega even fooled husband Michael O’Connell she had leukaemia
Relatives and strangers paid for dress and donated Aruba flights and villa

Husband took her back and couple now have two children

A bride who pretended to have terminal cancer so she could scam money for a lavish wedding reception and honeymoon will face felony charges over the deception.

Jessica Vega, 25, from New York, even fooled her husband to-be that she was dying from leukaemia, [...]

New York Sues 3 Major Banks over Mortgage Fraud

The business practices of America’s banks and other mortgage holders are under fresh legal attack, as New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a suit against Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase in New York State Supreme Court in Brooklyn. The suit alleges that the banks engaged in fraudulent and deceptive practices in the electronic registration of mortgages and the filing of foreclosures against homeowners.

Historically, every time a mortgage was sold from [...]

“We are starting a financial crimes unit.” Occupy Wall Street, take a bow.

And the best thing about it is that it would be led by Eric Schneiderman

Schneiderman takes no crap from Feds, other state AGs on banks

Eric Schneiderman Is A Big Thorn In Bank of America’s Side

Is Eric Schneiderman America’s most powerful liberal

Eric Schneiderman: A Gutsy Fighter for Mortgage Relief

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Is Another Bank Bailout Brewing?

By Kurt Brouwer, MarketWatch

If you thought the $800 billion TARP program was the end of our government’s bailout bonanza for wayward banks, you’re wrong. If you thought the Fed’s secret $1.2 trillion loan program for foreign and domestic banks was the end, guess again. It’s like we are living in one of those late-night TV ads for Ginsu Knives, ‘But wait, there’s more!’

From Matt Taibbi’s [...]

Bank of America (BAC) will not last another week without government intervention.

Their European debt exposure along with heavy trading bets that are all losing combined with a weak stock price equal doom. If the Asian, European and US markets have another 2% or greater fall tomorrow. Mark my words that over the weekend the vultures will start swirling. Then Monday comes and another 2% or greater drop in the markets while the ECB and Fed sit [...]

WSJ: NY attorney general subpoenas Bank of America CEO, others in civil fraud probe

(Reuters) – New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has issued subpoenas seeking new depositions from Bank of America’s chief executive and other current and former executives, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.

The subpoenas relate to a civil-fraud investigation brought against the bank and its executives by the state’s former attorney general Andrew Cuomo, the paper said.

Cuomo, now the [...]

Bloomberg: Utah AG Says BofA’s State Foreclosures Are Illegal, As Elijah Cummings Demands BofA Subpoena

From Bloomberg:

ReconTrust Co. isn’t meeting requirements for carrying out foreclosures in the state, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff said in a letter to Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan. The letter, dated May 19, was released today by Shurtleff’s office.

“All real estate foreclosures conducted by ReconTrust in the state of Utah are not in compliance with Utah’s statutes, and are hence illegal,” [...]

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