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After getting served with DOJ subpoenas, sports mogul Mark Walter’s insurance companies stopped lending to him. Then new loans from a firm tied to his business protege Magic Johnson started rolling in. Forensic reporting here from @zachmider @Weihua_Li1
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As Mark Walter’s insurers lent billions to his other businesses, they repeatedly rolled over short-term loans to sidestep capital rules. Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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New from me and @avabmorrison : Walter’s Insurance CEO Told DOJ He Was Unaware of Boss’s Loans
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scoop w/ @cstrohm @olgakharif: the DOJ is probing Binance itself over whether the exchange knowingly allowed Iranian flows. the investigation is being run out of SDNY and DOJ in Washington, DC is also involved: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Federal prosecutors have collected statements from some of billionaire Mark Walter’s most senior executives as authorities probe dealings at his insurance companies and Guggenheim, Partners, sources say. Reporting with @zachmider & @loukia_g bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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here's the piece by @avabmorrison: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
When US investigators set out to examine how billions of dollars in loans from Mark Walter-affiliated insurers ended up supporting other businesses tied to the Dodgers owner, they sought insight from the small but prolific credit rater Egan Jones. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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BIG SCOOP: Federal agents seized the mobile phone and computer of LA Dodgers owner Mark Walter last September in a wide-ranging probe into the financial dealings of the billionaire’s businesses, according to people with knowledge of the matter. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Scoop: The billionaire Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter’s sprawling investment empire is facing scrutiny from US prosecutors. Reporting w/ @zachmider bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @business
SEC is looking into Susquehanna’s allegations that unknown insider traders made $100 million on options bets ahead of Chinese regulatory crackdown on cross-border brokerages. SIG claims it lost $70m caught on the wrong side of the trades. W/ @ElleBeyoud bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Ken Leech, the former co-chief investment officer at Western Asset Management, will plead guilty in a case related to allegations that he fraudulently assigned winning trades to favored clients while forcing others to take losses bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Wow. Trump is nominating current Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to be the next Director of National Intelligence
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NEW: Epstein got some of consumer capitalism’s best help as he sent young women around the world. His office worked with its American Express Centurion team for years, sometimes arranging fake trips to nab visas. Here’s a gift link, please read and share bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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Reporting this story with @jeffykao @maxabelson @harrynwilson @avabmorrison & @suryamattu was a massive effort
There are TONS more details in our report about prosecutors' efforts to follow Epstein's money, which have been shrouded in secrecy for two decades
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🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 federal sex crimes probe, according to emails & docs @business obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account & source familiar
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Reporting on this latest installment of Epstein's Inbox by @maxabelson @suryamattu me @avabmorrison @harrynwilson @jeffykao and @dmehro
🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW report based on the 18K emails @business obtained from Jeffrey Epstein's personal Yahoo account: new details about the academics, attorneys and media specialists who helped him—in different ways and to varying degrees
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Planet Money podcast featuring my colleague @ChrisDolmetsch talking about his story on @JaneStreetGroup 's formerly secret options trading in India.
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NEW and EXCLUSIVE: A cache of 18,000 emails to and from Jeffrey Epstein, obtained by Bloomberg News, shows how his elite network of researchers, lawyers and advisers helped him when he faced his "hour of terror." Please read (and share) this gift link bloomberg.com/features/2025-…
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President Trump and the upper echelon of his administration memorialized slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk in a political and religious event with little modern parallel wsj.com/us-news/charlie-kirk…
