Corporate & Political Crime
Introduction: Thugs in Blue Suits: Corporate and Political Crime in America
Some recent stories:
Fraud in the Real Estate and Mortgage Industry
Bailouts - two recent stories:
Health Net ordered to pay $9 million after canceling cancer patient's policy
New!!! a 60 Minutes special:
Papers Show Wachovia Knew of Thefts
US Ignores Finding on Student Lender
A different kind of corruption: religion mixing with politics
God's Profits: Faith, Fraud and the GOP Crusade for Values Voters
New!! Blackwater – a series of articles
Merck Agrees to Settle Vioxx Suits for $4.85 Billion
Hospital drug errors far from uncommon
Bribes and Spies in the Drug Industry
Antitrust law losing its teeth
The Crimes of Greed vs. the Crimes of Government
Rise in Bribery Tests Integrity of US Border
Institute for Policy Studies report on CEO pay in defense industries: http://www.faireconomy.org/reports/2006/ExecutiveExcess2006.pdf
Enron Chiefs Guilty of Fraud and Conspiracy
Key Events in the Fall of Enron and Resulting Trials
Click here for An Overview of Some Recent Corporate Scandals
http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/mm2005/112005/mokhiber.html
High Court Rules for Oil Firms
Corporation Convicted of Homicide Sentenced to Pay $1.7 Million
The DeLay-Abramoff Money Trail
Vanquishing the American Dream by Jim Hightower
Of Snowboarders and Corporations - http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=104&ItemID=9697
Top 100 Corporate Criminals of the Decade: http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/top100.html
Another politician takes the fall: Rep. Cunningham Pleads Guilty to Bribery, Resigns
Special Reports
Bad Faith: Fraud in the Insurance Industry - http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12569
The Ten Worst Corporations of 2004
http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/mm2004/122004/mokhiber.html#russell
The Great American Jobs Scam - http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12540
Oil Giant Does Well: Exxon Sales Top $1 Billion a Day - click on title to see report
The Quiet Oil-for-Food Scandal - http://www.alternet.org/story/27792/
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Multinational Monitor, September/October, 2005
After Hurricane Katrina came ashore, President Bush promised relief for those in the Gulf region affected by the storm. But the relief he has been most generous in delivering has been to contractors.
For complete story: http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/mm2005/092005/cray.html
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The Plame Case
Sequence of Events in CIA Leak Investigation
What Judy forgot: Your right to know -
Woodward Disclosure Causes a Stir -
Libby Says 'Superiors' Authorized Leaks