It is a fact that the study of financial fraud is still receiving little attention if any. Practically no research institutes exist; collaboration between economists and criminologists is rare; in the leading departments there are few specialists and very few students….and economists have soft-pedaled the role of fraud in every crisis they examined, including the Savings & Loan debacle, the Russian transition, the Asian meltdown and the dot.com bubble. They continue to do so now.
Is it possible for mortgage originators, ratings agencies, underwriters, insurers and supervising agencies NOT to have known that the system of housing finance had become infested with fraud?
Every statistical indicator of fraudulent practice – growth and profitability – suggests otherwise. Every examination of the record so far suggests otherwise. The very language in use: “liars’ loans,” “ninja loans,” “neutron loans,” and “toxic waste,” tells you that people knew. I have also heard the expression, “IBG,YBG;” the meaning of that bit of code was: “I’ll be gone, you’ll be gone.”…Know more
Thanks,
Ziad K.
Abdelnour is President & CEO of Blackhawk Partners, Inc. , http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/ , Founder & President of the
Financial Policy Council http://www.financialpolicycouncil.org/ and Author of Economic Warfare:
Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Economic-Warfare-Creating-Regulation/dp/1118150120/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1311437307&sr=8-2
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