An indicted former Credit Suisse broker was in custody Thursday to face charges over deceptive sales of subprime-related auction-rate debt, the F.B.I. said.

Two former brokers at Credit Suisse have been indicted on fraud and conspiracy charges in connection with the sale of auction-rate securities, federal prosecutors said.

Event the wealthy are vulnerable to automated clearing house fraud, theft involving unauthorized electronic transfers through the automated networks that connect the world’s bank accounts.

Event the wealthy are vulnerable to automated clearing house fraud, theft involving unauthorized electronic transfers through the automated networks that connect the world’s bank accounts.

Medicare officials’ 2006 statements that they had reduced the number of fraudulent and improper claims were misleading, a draft report says.

Medicare’s top officials in 2006 said that they reduced the number of fraudulent and improper claims paid by the agency, but a draft report says those claims of success were misleading.

A sub subprime glossary for the mortgage scandal.

One of the largest private banking scandals in years in Liechtenstein has brought to light a group of characters worthy of a spy thriller.

The S.E.C. charged WexTrust with fraud, alleging the company ran a Ponzi scheme that raised at least $255 million by targeting the Orthodox Jewish community.

Prosecutors say their own informant stole millions of credit card numbers in a case that reveals how the Internet is enabling new crimes on a vast scale.