After spending a decade in finance, Michael Volpe has been a freelance investigative journalist since 2009. His work has been published locally in the Chicago Reader, Chicago Crusader, Chicago Heights Patch, and New City. Nationally, Volpe's work has appeared in a wide variety of publications including the Washington Examiner, the Daily Caller, Crime Magazine, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Newsletter, and Counter Punch. Volpe has been recognized by whistleblowers as leading the charge in getting their stories out. His first book Prosecutors Gone Wild was published in October 2012, his second book The Definitive Dossier of PTSD in Whistleblowers was published in February 2013 and his third book Bullied to Death was published in August 2015.

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FINRA Also Dropped Ball in Madoff Investigation

FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, also dropped the ball in investigating Bernie Madoff. Sam Draddy is head of FINRA’s fifty-seven-person Insider Trading Surveillance Unit- Draddy said thirty-seven work in Rockville, Maryland investigating stocks and…

Are CCPs Too Big To Fail

The recent Commodities Futures Trading Commission Market Risk Advisor Committee (MRAC) hearing included a panel discussion and central counterparty (CCP), or clearinghouse risk. This provides an opportunity to flashback in time, to June 27, 2017;…

CFTC Market Risk Advisory Committee Meets

The Markets Risk Advisor Committee (MRAC) of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) met and announced the formation and chair of a new sub-committee. The MRAC met on December 4, 2018, for its most recent…

Insights on the US Treasury Market by Giancarlo

The 10-year US Treasury futures contract is the most liquid US Treasury contract, the US Treasury market is going through a “liquidity hierarchy”, and as volatility increases in US Treasuries, liquidity migrates from less liquid…

Hensarling Lobbies for Bill

In what may be his final act as Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, Republican from Texas, Jeb Hensarling is urging passage of a new bill he is sponsoring. Speaking from the floor of…

Daniel Gorfine, LabCFTC Director

CFTC Explains Smart Contracts

The digital world is getting even more digital and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is staying up. The CFTC released a white paper entitled: “Primer Smart Contracts”. “Smart contracts are being used to drive…

Andre Mcgregor, Partner & Global Head of Security at TLDR Capital

Hacking a Trillion Dollar Business

[caption id="attachment_185786" align="alignleft" width="141"] Andrew Busch, Chief Market Intelligence Officer for the CFTC[/caption] Hacking is a trillion-dollar business. Andre McGregor is the head of security for TLDR Capital, a global advisory firm specializing in the…

CFTC Logo, Dodd/Frank

Record Number of Spoofing Cases Examined

[caption id="attachment_321217" align="alignleft" width="194"] James McDonald, CFTC’s Head of Enforcement[/caption] The Commodities Futures Trading Commission’s head of enforcement touted increased spoofing cases, but is it all propaganda? James McDonald is CFTC’s Head of Enforcement and…

Warren Says Financial History Repeating Itself

[caption id="attachment_310370" align="alignleft" width="187"] Randal K. Quarles[/caption] One prominent Senator and possible presidential candidate painted a financial picture of history repeating itself. Randal Quarles is the Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision and he was…

Fed Head of Oversight Visits Capitol Hill

A House hearing for a top Fed regulator turned into a figurative passing of the gavel from Republicans to Democrats. Randal Quarles is the Vice Chairman for Supervision and he was testifying in front of…