Sense on Cents

Fraudulent actions must have consequences.

How is it that with trillions in financial losses and a variety of financial frauds readily apparent, very few individuals have been held accountable? FL, a loyal reader of Sense on Cents, has banged this drum repeatedly.

Why hasn’t this fraud been more aggressively combated? The influence of the banking lobby, primarily over the federal regulatory oversight of the financial industry.

What a shame. Are there some new sheriffs, those being state attorneys general, getting ready to ride into this mess? It would appear they are. I immediately thought of our friend FL upon reading The New York Times report, States Are Pondering Fraud Suits Against Banks.

The banking industry at large has worked in concert with its lobbyists and trade associations to keep regulators and law enforcement at bay. At the federal level, the banks have largely been successful. That success begs the question as to how deeply embedded the lobbyists are in the regulatory community. (more…)