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Wall Street and Finance Reporter — The Capitol Forum
Washington, Washington, D.C.
As seen in: The Capitol Forum, MSN, O Globo, Reuters, The Washington Post, Aol, Business Insider, Channel 7, Daily Mail, Terra, Time Magazine and more
Author and reporter covering finance for @capitol_forum. Ex Chicago Tribune. Financial Times. Reuters. Should I see it? P.O. Box 33035. Raleigh, NC 27636.

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Bank Regulator Could Block Disgraced Ex-Wells Fargo CEO From $20 Million Payout

Mar 10, 2021  | 
By Patrick Rucker

The American Prospect — David Dayen contributed reporting. For weeks, the Biden administration has dithered on whom to select to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the main federal bank regulator. What was once a two-person race has narrowed, as former Treasury official Michael Barr has been “all but ruled out,” according to Bloomberg. Mehrsa Baradaran, the UC-Irvine law professor who was Barr’s main competition, remains the leading candidate.
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JPMorgan Chase Bank Wrongly Charged 170,000 Customers Overdraft Fees. Federal Regulators Refused to Penalize It.

Dec 14, 2020  | 
By Patrick Rucker

ProPublica — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This story was co-published with The Capitol Forum. Federal bank examiners considered levying fines and sanctions when JPMorgan Chase informed them last year that faulty overdraft charges caused by a software glitch had impacted roughly 170,000 customers.
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The Denials of Dick Kovacevich: Wells Fargo’s Godfather of Salesmanship Says Everyone Else is to Blame

Oct 08, 2020  | 
By Patrick Rucker

law.duke.edu — It was four years ago that Wells Fargo admitted creating fake customer accounts to hit sky-high sales goals and almost everyone tied to the bank has paid a price since then. Millions of customers were likely saddled with bogus accounts while investors coughed up billions in would-be profits to pay for the bank’s sins. Thousands of Wells Fargo employees were fired over the years and two chief executives have been tossed out on their ears.
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Aug 12, 2021
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Fannie and Freddie have put $200 mln into the pockets of mobile home landlords. Notably, guys like @MrSamZell. All in the name of helping the poor. That's what we found in our review:  https://thecapitolforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Fannie-Mae-2019.05.16.pdf …. Companion piece to terrific story from @mdc and @Chris_ArnoldNPR.
Aug 11, 2021
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RT @RobertFaturechi: NEW: How the Trump tax law was shaped to benefit the country's wealthiest. The story of a massive redistribution o… https://t.co/khEuNNn4LT
Aug 07, 2021
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RT @charlesornstein: The Inside Story of How We Reported the Secret IRS Files  https://www.propublica.org/article/the-inside-story-of-how-we-reported-the-secret-irs-files …
Aug 06, 2021
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RT @retheauditors: My newsletter goes out to more than 5000 investors, regulators, lawyers, and accountants as well as top academics.… https://t.co/h6VurY1Eqa
Aug 02, 2021
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