Email Ties Corzine to Missing Funds
WSJ ^ | March 23, 2012 | MIKE SPECTOR, JULIE STEINBERG and AARON LUCCHETTI
Edited on Saturday, March 24, 2012 11:27:36 AM by Admin Moderator. [history]
Jon S. Corzine gave "direct instructions" to move $200 million from an MF Global Holdings Ltd. account containing customer funds three days before the securities firm collapsed, according to an employee email reviewed by congressional investigators.
The Oct. 28 email was disclosed in a five-page memo released Friday afternoon by a House Financial Services subcommittee. The panel is investigating what caused an estimated $1.6 billion shortfall in customer funds at MF Global, which collapsed into bankruptcy Oct. 31.
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