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New Insight into MF Global's Frenzied Final Days
Emails and phone transcripts cited in the CFTC's complaint against former MF Global head Jon Corzine provide new insight into how more than $1 billion in customer money went missing.
June 28, 2013
House GOP Faults Corzine, Regulators for MF Global Collapse
House Republicans have released a scathing postmortem of the collapse of MF Global, blaming the leadership of Chief Executive Jon Corzine and a breakdown in regulatory oversight for the brokerage's 2011 bankruptcy.
November 15, 2012
Live Chat 3 p.m. ET: What Really Happened at MF Global?
Join Six Billion Dollar Bet producer Martin Smith for a live chat featuring guest questioner Aaron Lucchetti from The Wall St Journal. You can leave a question now.
May 23, 2012
What Happened to MF Global's Customer's Money?
Seven months since MF Global filed for bankruptcy, here is what is known about the brokerage firm's customers and what happened to $1.6 billion worth of their missing money.
May 22, 2012
Five Risky Bets that Paid Off
As the markets reveled in JP Morgan's $2 billion loss, and scrambled to understand the $6 billion wipe-out at MF Global, observers asked why, in the wake of the economic meltdown, anyone would take such extreme risks. The answer, of course, is that sometimes those gambles pay off.
May 22, 2012
Rich Ilczyszyn: Inside MF Global During Its Collapse
A former trader discusses those scary final days in late October 2011, and what it was like to learn that customer money was missing. "They were saying it was $500 million; then it was a billion," he tells FRONTLINE. "It was just unbelievable. It was like a movie."
May 22, 2012
