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Still "Untouchable"? Policing Wall St. 5 Years After the Crisis
Has Wall Street permanently escaped accountability? FRONTLINE asks a group of leading journalists to explore what the meltdown has meant for the policing of Wall St.
September 11, 2013
Survey: One in Four on Wall Street Open to Insider Trading
If public confidence in Wall Street remains battered from the financial crisis, a new survey of ethics in the financial services industry is unlikely to help.
July 16, 2013
Rethinking Past Settlements, SEC Aims For More Mea Culpas
New SEC Chairman Mary Jo White says she is looking to boost accountability.
June 19, 2013
Is Wall Street Still "Untouchable"?
In "The Untouchables," which re-airs tonight on FRONTLINE, correspondent Martin Smith examines why not one major Wall Street executive has been prosecuted for fraud tied to the sale of bad mortgages.
May 21, 2013
Eric Holder Backtracks Remarks on "Too Big To Jail"
The attorney general on Wednesday sought to walk back earlier comments that some financial institutions may be too large to prosecute.
May 16, 2013
SEC Nominee Signals Cautious Approach to Prosecuting Banks
Prosecutors should consider the "collateral consequences" of bringing criminal indictments against financial institutions, SEC nominee Mary Jo White told lawmakers at her confirmation hearing.
March 13, 2013
Holder: Big Banks' Clout "Has an Inhibiting Impact" on Prosecutions
The attorney general's comments underscored previous concerns that the Justice Department hasn't been sufficiently aggressive in prosecuting major banks for the fiscal crisis.
March 6, 2013
Senators Bash DOJ for "Evasive" Response on "Too Big To Jail"
Two U.S. senators have criticized the Department of Justice for offering an "aggressively evasive" response to their questions about why major banks have avoided prosecution for the financial crisis.
March 5, 2013
Supreme Court Ruling a Blow for Future Financial Crisis Cases
The unanimous decision largely ensures no new civil fraud charges will come out of the crisis, now that five-year statute of limitations for such cases has nearly expired.
February 27, 2013
4 Reasons Why the S&P Fraud Lawsuit May Be a Game-Changer
The Justice Department alleges Standard & Poor's, the nation's largest credit ratings agency, knowingly understated the risk behind many of the financial products that caused the subprime mortgage meltdown.
February 5, 2013
Senators Ask DOJ: Is Wall Street Really "Too Big to Jail"?
Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) want to know whether the DOJ avoided prosecuting banks in order to protect financial markets.
January 29, 2013
Eric Schneiderman: Mortgage Task Force Eyeing Broader Suits
The appetite is growing for cases that address systemic fraud during the financial crisis, says the co-chair of the Obama administration's Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group.
January 28, 2013