Financial Capture
The Financial Capture capture lane traces 848 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
Top 10 actors in this lane
10 actors · 1142–2026
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-07-16 | Trump sells Palm Beach 'Maison de L'Amitié' to Dmitry Rybolovlev for $95M
5 src Dmitry Rybolovlev · Donald Trump · Trump Organization | confirmed | |
| 2008-07-01 | Bank of America Completes $4 Billion Acquisition of Countrywide Financial After Predatory Lending and Fraud Schemes Targeting Minorities Caused $50 Billion in Losses, with CEO Angelo Mozilo Paying Only $67.5 Million SEC Settlement and Facing Zero Criminal Charges
4 src Angelo Mozilo · Countrywide Financial · Bank of America · Securities and Exchange Commission · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2008-06-30 | Alexander Acosta Approves Secret Non-Prosecution Agreement with Jeffrey Epstein
3 src Alexander Acosta · Jeffrey Epstein · Alan Dershowitz · Kenneth Starr · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2008-04-13 | Google Acquires DoubleClick for $3.1B, Creating Advertising Monopoly
4 src Google · DoubleClick · Federal Trade Commission · Pamela Jones Harbour (dissenting FTC Commissioner) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2008-03-16 | Bear Stearns Collapse and Federal Reserve-Facilitated Fire Sale to JPMorgan with $29 Billion Taxpayer Guarantee Establishes 'Too Big to Fail' Precedent with Zero Criminal Prosecutions Despite Fraud-Driven Collapse
3 src Bear Stearns · JPMorgan Chase · Federal Reserve Bank of New York · Ben Bernanke · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2007-10-01 | Trump Foundation Pays $258,000 for Six-Foot Portrait of Trump at Charity Auction
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2007-09-01 | FBI Inspector General Reports 35% Error Rate on Terror Watchlist
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice Inspector General · Terrorist Screening Center | confirmed | |
| 2007-08-27 | Questcor Raises Acthar Gel Price from $1,600 to $23,000 Overnight - Eventually Reaching 97,000% Increase Through Bribery Scheme
4 src Questcor Pharmaceuticals · Mallinckrodt · Federal Trade Commission · Humana · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2007-05-23 | Monica Goodling Admits Political Screening of DOJ Lawyers
3 src Monica Goodling · Alberto Gonzales · Regent University · U.S. Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2007-04-05 | Halliburton Completes Spin-Off of KBR to Distance from Iraq War Scandals, Fraud Investigations, and $2.7 Billion in Questioned Costs
2 src Halliburton · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · David Lesar · Dick Cheney · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2007-04-02 | New Century Financial Bankruptcy Signals Start of Subprime Mortgage Crisis
3 src New Century Financial · Brad Morrice · KPMG · Wall Street investment banks · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2007-03-12 | Halliburton Moves CEO and Corporate Headquarters to Dubai for Tax Advantages and Distance from Iraq War Scandals, Weeks Before Completing KBR Spin-Off
3 src Halliburton · David Lesar · Dick Cheney · Patrick Leahy | confirmed | |
| 2007-01-01 | ALEC Launches 'Rich States, Poor States' Report with Arthur Laffer - Annual Corporate Tax Competition Manifesto to Drive Interstate Race-to-Bottom
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Arthur Laffer · Stephen Moore · Jonathan Williams · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2007-01-01 | Palantir Begins Rapid Expansion Across U.S. Government Agencies
2 src Palantir Technologies · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2006-12-31 | New Century Financial Conceals Massive Early Payment Defaults Through Accounting Fraud in 2006
2 src New Century Financial Corporation · Brad Morrice · David Einhorn · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2006-12-01 | Subprime Mortgage Delinquencies Surge to 13%, Nearly Double Mid-2005 Rates, as Crisis Accelerates
3 src Subprime borrowers · Mortgage lenders · Federal Reserve · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2006-09-29 | Bush Signs Credit Rating Agency Reform Act, But Law Fails to Address Core Conflicts of Interest
3 src President George W. Bush · Securities and Exchange Commission · Moody's Investors Service · Standard & Poor's · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2006-09-29 | Federal Regulators Issue Weakened Mortgage Guidance After Year of Industry Lobbying, Ignoring Warnings
4 src Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Federal Reserve · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · Office of Thrift Supervision · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2006-09-15 | Congressman Bob Ney Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Corruption Scandal
3 src Bob Ney · Jack Abramoff · U.S. House of Representatives · Department of Justice · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2006-07-01 | Housing Bubble Peaks as Predatory Subprime Lending Reaches Maximum, Setting Stage for Collapse
3 src Countrywide Financial · New Century Financial · Washington Mutual · Ameriquest · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2006-06-01 | Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates to 5.25%, Triggering Payment Shock for Subprime Borrowers
2 src Federal Reserve · Ben Bernanke · Subprime borrowers · Mortgage lenders | confirmed | |
| 2006-05-01 | Magnetar Capital Launches $30 Billion CDO Strategy, Betting Against Housing While Encouraging Investor Purchases
3 src Magnetar Capital · JPMorgan Chase · Investment banks · Institutional investors | confirmed | |
| 2006-01-24 | KBR (Halliburton Subsidiary) Awarded $385M DHS/ICE Contingency Contract for Emergency Immigrant Detention Facilities
6 src Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · Dick Cheney · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2006-01-23 | Ameriquest Agrees to $325 Million Settlement for Predatory Lending Practices with 49 States
3 src Ameriquest Mortgage Company · ACC Capital Holdings · State Attorneys General · California Attorney General Bill Lockyer · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2006-01-03 | Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty in 5M Corruption Scandal
3 src Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Bob Ney · Tom DeLay · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2006-01-01 | Countrywide Begins Process to Switch to Office of Thrift Supervision for Lighter Regulation
3 src Countrywide Financial · Angelo Mozilo · Office of Thrift Supervision · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2006-01-01 | IndyMac and WaMu Drive Option ARM Mortgages to 42% of Adjustable-Rate Market in 2006
3 src IndyMac Bank · Washington Mutual · Countrywide Financial · Wachovia · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2006-01-01 | Synthetic CDO Issuance Explodes to $61 Billion in 2006, Amplifying Housing Market Risk Exponentially
3 src Goldman Sachs · Deutsche Bank · Morgan Stanley · JPMorgan Chase · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2005-11-16 | Oil Executives Deny Task Force Participation Despite Documentary Evidence
3 src ExxonMobil · Chevron · ConocoPhillips · Shell Oil · +11 | confirmed | |
| 2005-11-07 | Harry Markopolos Submits 'The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud' to SEC, Agency Ignores Detailed Evidence for Third Time
4 src Harry Markopolos · Securities and Exchange Commission · Bernie Madoff | confirmed | |
| 2005-10-28 | Karl Rove Orchestrates Political Prosecution of Don Siegelman
3 src Don Siegelman · Karl Rove · Jill Simpson · Leura Canary · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2005-07-01 | Bain, KKR, and Vornado Acquire Toys 'R' Us for $6.6 Billion, Loading Company with $5 Billion Debt
3 src Bain Capital · KKR · Vornado Realty Trust · Toys R Us | confirmed | |
| 2005-06-15 | FAA Delegates Safety Certification Authority to Boeing Through Organization Designation Authorization Program
3 src Federal Aviation Administration · Boeing Corporation · Aircraft manufacturers · FAA certification officials · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2005-05-23 | Trump Launches "Trump University" Real Estate Seminars Without Academic License or Accreditation
3 src Donald Trump · Michael Sexton | confirmed | |
| 2005-04-20 | Two Decades of Bankruptcy Weaponization: Students Crushed While Corporations Shield Billions (2005-2024)
3 src Corinthian Colleges · ITT Tech · University of Phoenix · Purdue Pharma · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-07 | Armstrong Williams Paid 40K for Illegal Government Propaganda
3 src Armstrong Williams · Rod Paige · U.S. Department of Education · Ketchum Inc · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-03 | Dick Gephardt Founds Lobbying Firm After 28 Years as House Democratic Leader
3 src Dick Gephardt · Gephardt Group · DLA Piper | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-01 | ALEC Approves 'Great Schools Tax Credit' Model - Launches Systematic Education Privatization Campaign
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · ALEC Education Task Force · K12 Inc. · Koch Industries · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-01 | Private Equity Assets Under Management Reach $1 Trillion, Enabling Systematic Extraction Across Economy
3 src Blackstone · KKR · Bain Capital · Apollo · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2004-11-21 | Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Files Bankruptcy, Trump Removed as CEO
3 src Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2004-08-19 | Google IPO Raises $1.67B With "Don't Be Evil" Motto
4 src Google · Larry Page · Sergey Brin · Eric Schmidt | confirmed | |
| 2004-06-24 | Supreme Court Protects Cheney Energy Task Force Secrecy
3 src Dick Cheney · U.S. Supreme Court · Anthony Kennedy · Antonin Scalia · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2004-04-28 | SEC Creates Consolidated Supervised Entities Program Allowing Unlimited Investment Bank Leverage
4 src Securities and Exchange Commission · William Donaldson · Bear Stearns · Lehman Brothers · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2004-04-28 | SEC Implements Alternative Net Capital Rules for Major Investment Banks
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Christopher Cox · William Donaldson · Goldman Sachs · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2004-04-28 | SEC Net Capital Rule Change Enables Investment Bank Leverage Explosion Fueling Housing Bubble
9 src Securities and Exchange Commission · William Donaldson · Goldman Sachs · Morgan Stanley · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2004-02-22 | Washington Post Exposes Abramoff Native American Lobbying Scandal
3 src Susan Schmidt · Washington Post · Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2004-01-22 | DC Opportunity Scholarship Program - First Federally-Funded School Voucher System
3 src President George W. Bush · Speaker Dennis Hastert · Senator Judd Gregg · DC Public Schools · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2004-01-13 | OCC Federal Preemption Blocks State Anti-Predatory Lending Protections
4 src OCC · John Hawke Jr · Julie Williams · Eliot Spitzer · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2004-01-05 | Scott Bloch Dismisses 1,000+ Whistleblower Cases at OSC
3 src Scott Bloch · Office of Special Counsel · Whistleblower Groups · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2003-11-25 | Bush Administration Hides 39B Medicare Part D Cost from Congress
3 src Thomas Scully · Richard Foster · George W. Bush · Charles Rangel · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2003-09-19 | Paul Bremer Issues CPA Order 39 Imposing Radical Free Market Restructuring on Occupied Iraq
6 src Paul Bremer · Coalition Provisional Authority · George W. Bush · Iyad Allawi | confirmed | |
| 2003-09-19 | Paul Bremer Order 39 Privatizes Iraq Economy for Foreign Corporations
3 src Paul Bremer · Coalition Provisional Authority · Iraqi Government · BearingPoint Inc | confirmed | |
| 2003-05-06 | Coalition Provisional Authority Loses .8B in Iraqi Oil Revenue
3 src Paul Bremer · Coalition Provisional Authority · Stuart Bowen · Halliburton · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2003-05-06 | Paul Bremer Begins Issuing 'CPA 100 Orders' to Restructure Iraq's Economy Under Military Occupation
6 src Paul Bremer · Coalition Provisional Authority · George W. Bush · Donald Rumsfeld · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2003-05-01 | Powell-WHIG Template Establishes Crisis-Accelerated Institutional Capture Blueprint for Ongoing Democratic Transformation
3 src George W. Bush · Powell Memorandum Institutional Network · White House Iraq Group · Heritage Foundation · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2003-03-08 | Halliburton Gets 9.5B Iraq Contracts with Cheney Ties
4 src Dick Cheney · Halliburton · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Bunnatine Greenhouse · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2003-03-08 | Halliburton KBR Receives $7 Billion No-Bid Iraq Contract Through Systematic Corporate-State Fusion Infrastructure Coordination
3 src Dick Cheney · Halliburton Corporation · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2003-01-01 | Google Establishes "Double Irish, Dutch Sandwich" Tax Avoidance Structure
4 src Google · Larry Page · Sergey Brin · Irish government · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2002-11-15 | Federalist Society Provides WHIG with Crisis-Accelerated Legal Justification Infrastructure for Powell Memorandum Implementation
3 src Federalist Society · John Yoo · Jay Bybee · Steven Calabresi · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2002-09-15 | Powell Memorandum Institutional Network Establishes Systematic Crisis Coordination with WHIG Operations
3 src American Enterprise Institute · Cato Institute · Hoover Institution · Federalist Society · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2002-08-25 | CBS Executives Implement Corporate Policy Changes to Accommodate WHIG Propaganda Distribution
3 src Leslie Moonves · CBS News Division · CBS Corporate Legal · George W. Bush · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2002-06-27 | Zelman v. Simmons-Harris - Supreme Court Upholds School Vouchers for Religious Schools
3 src Chief Justice William Rehnquist · Justice Sandra Day O'Connor · Justice Clarence Thomas · Institute for Justice · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2002-01-08 | No Child Left Behind Act Creates Testing-Industrial Complex and Punitive Accountability Regime
3 src President George W. Bush · Senator Ted Kennedy · Representative John Boehner · Pearson Education · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2002-01-01 | Abramoff-Reed Execute Double-Dealing Scheme Against Tigua Tribe
3 src Jack Abramoff · Ralph Reed · Century Strategies · Tigua Tribal Nation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2001-12-22 | Argentina Declares Largest Sovereign Default in History on $100+ Billion Debt After IMF Austerity Collapse
3 src Adolfo Rodriguez Saá · International Monetary Fund · Fernando de la Rúa · Argentine creditors | confirmed | |
| 2001-12-13 | Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Systematically Subordinated to Corporate Input
3 src Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs · John Graham · Corporate Stakeholder Panels · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2001-12-01 | Argentina Imposes 'Corralito' Bank Account Freeze Under IMF Austerity, Triggering Mass Protests
3 src International Monetary Fund · Fernando de la Rúa · Domingo Cavallo · Argentine Central Bank | confirmed | |
| 2001-10-16 | Enron Reports $618 Million Loss and Reveals CFO Partnership Schemes
3 src Kenneth Lay · Jeffrey Skilling · Andrew Fastow | confirmed | |
| 2001-07-13 | Argentina Passes 'Zero Deficit Law' Under IMF Pressure, Cutting Salaries and Pensions 13%
3 src International Monetary Fund · Fernando de la Rúa · Domingo Cavallo · Argentine Congress | confirmed | |
| 2001-01-29 | Bush Administration Establishes Faith-Based Initiative Infrastructure for Systematic Constitutional Transformation
3 src George W. Bush · Pat Robertson · Faith-Based Organizations · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2001-01-20 | Bush Administration Hires 150 Regent University Graduates
3 src Pat Robertson · Monica Goodling · Kay Coles James · Regent University · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2001-01-20 | Clinton Pardons Fugitive Marc Rich Amid Corruption Allegations
4 src Bill Clinton · Marc Rich · Denise Rich · Hillary Clinton | confirmed | |
| 2001-01-01 | Purdue Pharma Bonus System Incentivizes Sales Reps to Target Highest Opioid Prescribers
3 src Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family | confirmed | |
| 2000-12-21 | Clinton Signs Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Cementing Derivatives Deregulation
6 src Bill Clinton · Lawrence Summers · Phil Gramm · Alan Greenspan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-10-10 | Clinton Signs China PNTR Ending Annual Review, Enabling WTO Entry and Manufacturing Exodus
4 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · Chinese Government · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2000-08-30 | Clear Channel Radio Empire Reaches 1,240 Stations After AMFM Acquisition - Conservative Talk Radio Infrastructure Dominates American Airwaves
5 src Clear Channel Communications · Rush Limbaugh · AMFM Inc. · Lowry Mays · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-05-03 | FCC Approves $35.6 Billion Viacom-CBS Merger Despite Ownership Concentration Violations
4 src Viacom · CBS Corporation · Sumner Redstone · Mel Karmazin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-03-10 | Dot-Com Bubble Peaks, Exposes IPO Fraud and Analyst Conflicts
4 src Investment banks · Securities Analysts · Securities and Exchange Commission · Nasdaq · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2000-03-06 | Bush Creates Rangers/Pioneers Pay-to-Play Appointment System
3 src George W. Bush · Karl Rove · Mercer Reynolds · Thomas Scully · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2000-03-01 | Subprime Lending Explodes as Predatory Practices Spread to Minority Communities
3 src Household Finance Corporation · Associates First Capital · Citigroup · Ameriquest · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-11 | AOL-Time Warner $164 Billion Merger Creates Largest Media Conglomerate in History
4 src America Online · Time Warner · Steve Case · Gerald Levin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-09 | Ecuador President Mahuad Announces Dollarization 'Jump Into the Abyss' Amid Economic Crisis
3 src Jamil Mahuad · Gustavo Noboa · CONAIE · International Monetary Fund · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Top 10% of Firms Capture 90% of Profit Growth Between 1980-2000, Documenting Monopolization
3 src Dominant firms · Smaller competitors | confirmed | |
| 1999-12-31 | Yeltsin Resigns, Oligarchs Elevate Putin to President: KGB Officer Chosen to Protect 'The Family' Transforms Russia into Kleptocracy
5 src Boris Yeltsin · Vladimir Putin · Boris Berezovsky · Vladimir Gusinsky · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1999-11-12 | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Retroactively Legalizes Citigroup Merger, Repeals Glass-Steagall
6 src President Bill Clinton · Phil Gramm · Jim Leach · Thomas Bliley Jr · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1999-11-05 | President's Working Group Recommends Exempting $80 Trillion Derivatives Market from Regulation
4 src Lawrence Summers · Robert Rubin · Alan Greenspan · Arthur Levitt · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1999-10-26 | Robert Rubin Joins Citigroup for $126 Million After Engineering Glass-Steagall Repeal
4 src Robert Rubin · Citigroup · Sandy Weill · Goldman Sachs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1999-09-01 | Fannie Mae Eases Credit Requirements Under HUD Affordable Housing Pressure
3 src Fannie Mae · Franklin Raines · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · Andrew Cuomo · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1999-07-02 | Lawrence Summers Becomes Treasury Secretary, Accelerates Derivatives Deregulation Campaign
4 src Lawrence Summers · Bill Clinton · Robert Rubin · U.S. Senate · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1999-03-25 | Long-term Geopolitical Consequences of IMF Structural Adjustment
3 src International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Asian Development Bank · Emerging Asian Economies · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1999-02-15 | Time Magazine Celebrates "Committee to Save the World" While They Block Derivatives Regulation
4 src Robert Rubin · Lawrence Summers · Alan Greenspan · Time Magazine · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1999-01-25 | IMF Concludes Comprehensive Structural Adjustment in Southeast Asia
3 src International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Asian Governments · Multinational Corporations · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-12-31 | Asian Financial Crisis: Comprehensive Economic Transformation
3 src International Monetary Fund · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · Multinational Corporations · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-10-07 | Higher Education Act Reauthorization Loosens Regulations, Enables For-Profit College Explosion
3 src President Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · University of Phoenix · Career Education Corporation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-09-30 | NationsBank-BankAmerica $62 Billion Merger Creates First Coast-to-Coast National Bank
4 src NationsBank · BankAmerica · Federal Reserve · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-09-23 | Federal Reserve Orchestrates $3.6 Billion Bailout of Long-Term Capital Management to Prevent Systemic Collapse
3 src William McDonough · Alan Greenspan · John Meriwether · Long-Term Capital Management · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1998-09-01 | Federal Reserve Grants Citigroup Temporary Waiver for Glass-Steagall Violation
10 src Federal Reserve · Alan Greenspan · Citicorp · Travelers Group · +5 | confirmed | |
| 1998-06-30 | IMF Finalizes Systematic Economic Transformation of Southeast Asian Economies
3 src International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Indonesian Government · Thai Government · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1998-06-30 | McKinsey Leverages Asian Financial Crisis for Consulting Expansion
3 src McKinsey & Company · International Monetary Fund · World Bank · Thailand Government · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1998-06-15 | Corporate Exploitation of Asian Financial Crisis Structural Adjustment
3 src Goldman Sachs · Citigroup · McKinsey & Company · International Monetary Fund · +3 | confirmed |