Task force targets 4 types of financial crimes: Holder (Reuters)
January 8th, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said a new inter-agency task force was focusing on halting fraud involving mortgages, securities, economic stimulus programs and the government's bailout programs.
In remarks prepared for delivery at a civic group meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida, Holder said the task force was also targeting financial discrimination.
"To those who see victimization of others as an avenue to wealth, take notice: If you fabricate a financial statement, if you propagate an investment scheme, if you are complicit in an act of financial fraud, you are writing your ticket to jail," Holder said.
Reuters obtained an advance copy of his speech.
(Reporting by Dan Margolies; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)
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