The Colorado Independent

New scam takes advantage of Secretary of State’s business filing system

By Joseph Boven | 07.16.10 | 9:47 am

DENVER – Secretary of State Bernie Buescher and Attorney General John Suthers Thursday announced they’re teaming up fight a new form of impersonation: business identity theft. Both officials explained the decade-old Secretary of State’s business filing system, which has no password or PIN protections, has been exploited criminals changing contact names of at least 25 companies in Colorado, allowing the perpetrators to create and use those companies’ lines of credit and steal more than $750,000.

DC Scorecard: Bank lobbyists win again, with help from Dem friends

By Mary Kane | 12.16.09 | 9:36 am

Bloomberg takes a hard look at the lobbying fight over financial regulatory overhaul and concludes that despite last week’s passage of a financial regulatory overhaul package by the House, the banks won — simply by not losing as…

Obama misses mark, scolds heedless bankers instead of New Dems

By Mary Kane | 12.15.09 | 8:57 am

President Obama’s attempt to shame top bankers on Monday convinced no serious observers that lending will suddenly flow freely and financial institutions will quit lobbying to undermine regulatory reform. The fact that three of the nation’s top bankers literally phoned…