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According to sources, IRS Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave, reports CNBC's Hampton Pearson.
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According to sources, IRS Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave, reports CNBC's Hampton Pearson.
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Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Carl Levin (D-MI) are calling for the removal of Lois Lerner, the IRS Director of Exempt Organizations, reports CNBC's Hampton Pearson.
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The National Museum of Crime & Punishment this week opened a permanent exhibition devoted to the "No. 1 public enemy for financial crime" Bernie Madoff.
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A man and a woman were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, reports NBC's Annabel Roberts.
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The government has moved in on Aeropostale's chief marketing officer, who set up shell companies that took millions in kickbacks. CNBC's Andrea Day has the details.
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We can thank the app economy for a boom in cyberattacks aimed at mobile devices, security experts said Tuesday.
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Two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries were known to security services.
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HAVANA, May 23- A Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials was scheduled to go on trial in Havana on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption.
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IRS director of tax exempt organizations Lois Lerner invoked her 5th Amendment rights and was dismissed from the hearing today. Gov. Tom Corbett (R-PA); Joseph diGenova, Former U.S. Attorney; and Austan Gooslbee, Chicago Booth School of Business, discuss.
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Eyewitnesses say 2 attackers tried to behead a soldier in London today, and the 2 men then charged at police once they arrived and were both shot at, reports NBC's Michelle Krosinski.
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Discussing today's IRS hearing on the targeting scandal, and whether Lois Lerner was behind these attacks, with Rep. Peter Welch (D-VA); Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH); Gov. Tom Corbett (R-PA); and Austan Goolsbee, Chicago Booth School of Business.
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Star Tribune Reporter Dan Browning tells of Trevor Cook's 1999 arrest for assaulting an escort. He plead guilty to disorderly conduct.
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Wednesday in Dallas, an auction of some of his most prized possessions brought in just over $2.9 million. The proceeds are to be turned over to victims of the $7 billion scam, who thus far have recovered almost nothing.
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CNBC's John Harwood reports IRS acting commissioner Steven Miller said he was "not politically motivated in targeting conservative groups" today on the Hill.
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Lawmaker Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI) explains his concern over the IRS scandal. "We need to be sure that this isn't politicized," he says.
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President Obama says he learned of the IRS controversy along with the public, and 2 hearings into the scandal are planned for this week, with CNBC's Eamon Javers.
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Bryan Shaw plead guilty to conspiring to commit securities fraud in the KPMG case, reports CNBC's Jane Wells.
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The Supreme Court agrees to consider whether mutual fund employees are subject to the same whistleblower protections as those who work for publicly traded companies.
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Steven A. Cohen has received a subpoena to testify before a grand jury in the government's insider trading investigation into his hedge fund, the NYT reports.
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SAC said it may not be able to provider investors with frequent updates regarding the government insider-trading probe but there will be "more clarity" soon.
American Greed
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Trevor Cook appears to be a local boy who made good in Minneapolis, where he runs an investment fund called the Oxford Group. Along with three cohorts, Cook solicits an amazing $190 million dollars from 700 U.S. investors, many of whom heard his message through a talk radio star. The investors think their money is going into securities, but they'll be shocked to see how Trevor and his boys blow their hard-earned savings, turning a historic mansion into a den of debauchery.
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By day, Trevor Cook and his associates claim to run a $4 billion hedge fund. By night, they convert their million dollar Minnesota mansion into a lurid den of decadence.
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Minnesotan foreign currency trader Trevor Cook tries to recruit local investment banker Ty Schlobohm into his scheme. At first, Schlobohm's impressed with the plan, but does his research and soon learns that Cook and his cohorts are not who they seem.