Monday, January 16, 2012

MF Global Probe Focuses on Back Office


Investigators on the hunt for an estimated $1.2 billion in customer money missing since MF Global Holdings Ltd. collapsed are zeroing in on the securities firm's back-office operations in Chicago, people familiar with the situation told the Wall St Journal.

One back-office employee has told people she disputes congressional testimony by Jon S. Corzine, MF Global's former chairman and chief executive, that she provided assurance that a $200 million transfer was proper, according to people familiar with the matter.

Civil and criminal regulators have "talked to a lot of people" in the Chicago office, which handled day-to-day movement of money for MF Global, including ...

Learn more at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203735304577164670090033702.html?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews

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