Friday, January 4, 2013

JPMorgan In Deep Doo-Doo Over Madoff Docs




From Bloomberg: The U.S. Treasury Department’s inspector general has threatened to punish JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) for failing to turn over documents to regulators investigating the bank’s ties to Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.

Inspector General Eric Thorson gave the largest U.S. bank a Jan. 11 deadline to cooperate with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency probe or risk sanctions for impeding the agency’s oversight. JPMorgan, according to the Dec. 21 letter, contends the information is protected by attorney-client privilege.

Thorson’s letter didn’t spell out what documents the OCC is seeking or the focus of its investigation. Madoff is serving a 150-year sentence after confessing to the fraud that once claimed to have $65 billion in customer assets.

The previously undisclosed OCC probe adds to the lender’s troubles in Washington….

More?  Check out the coverage at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-04/jpmorgan-faces-sanction-for-refusing-to-provide-madoff-documents.html

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