BREAKING THE BANKS by Michael Braga and Anthony Cormier

Everyone should read this excellent six-part investigative report exposing the banking corruption and collapse in Florida as most likely these same crimes are occurring across the nation and the globe.

 

“The reporting for this series began three years ago. The Herald-Tribune investigated First Priority Bank in Bradenton and obtained a set of documents from the state that previously had been confidential. These records showed, for the first time, the extent of a bank's insider dealings, critiques from regulators and the minutiae of internal operations.”
 

http://htcreative.com/bankProject/banks.aspx#bank

 

MOB LOANS. insider deals. terrorism financing.

Confidential reports from state regulators show how florida bankers made risky bets, broke the law, enriched themselves and their friends but hurt their own institutions — and got away with it.            

by Michael Braga and Anthony Cormier

PART 1
http://htcreative.com/bankProject/banks.aspx#bank

PART 2 'ONE MAN SHOW'
http://htcreative.com/bankProject/banks.aspx#bank2

PART 3 A GEORGIA CONNECTION
http://htcreative.com/bankProject/banks.aspx#bank3

PART 4 GUNS AND DEBTS
http://htcreative.com/bankProject/banks.aspx#bank4

PART 5 FRONT ROW SEATS
http://htcreative.com/bankProject/banks.aspx#bank5

PART 6 HOW WE DID IT
http://htcreative.com/bankProject/banks.aspx#bank6