Institutional-Integrity

Pecora Commission Issues Final Report on Wall Street Corruption

1934-06-16 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The Senate Banking and Currency Committee issued its 400-page final report documenting the systematic corruption, fraud, and market manipulation that caused the 1929 Wall Street crash and subsequent Great Depression. The investigation, which began on March 4, 1932 with Senate Resolution 84 and …

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Ferdinand Pecora Appointed Chief Counsel to Senate Banking Investigation

1933-01-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Republican Senator Peter Norbeck appointed Ferdinand Pecora, a former New York deputy district attorney, as the fourth chief counsel to the Senate Banking and Currency Committee’s investigation into the Wall Street crash. Pecora, son of Italian immigrants who grew up in Hell’s Kitchen, …

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