http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-9-billion-witness-20141106
"The kid-gloves approach that the DOJ and the SEC take with Wall Street is as inexplicable as it is indefensible," says Dennis Kelleher of the financial reform group Better Markets, which would later file suit challenging the Chase settlement. "They typically charge only one offense when there are dozens. It would be like charging a serial murderer with a single assault and giving them probation."
"(Alayne) Fleischman later realized that the government wasn't interested in having her testify against Chase in court or any other public forum. Instead, the Justice Department's political wing, led by (Attorney General Eric) Holder, appeared to be using her, and her evidence, as a bargaining chip to extract more hush money from (Chase CEO Jamie) Dimon. It worked. Within weeks, Dimon had upped his offer to roughly $9 billion."
[Edited on 11/20/2014 by robslob]
EPDs. Scratch-and-dent loans. Daily shady shenanigans.
Ahhhhhhhh, memories. 
When I hear the financial genius's applauding their skill I am reminded of the time Idi Amin was on 60 minutes. He was playing basketball and his team won something like 101-19 as no one would beat him out of fear of a beheading. When Dan Rather (or whomever) pointed the score out Amin stated "I know; its because I coach them myself."
