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Sheldon Whitehouse: “We see that number potentially rising into the hundreds, and as the number of bank failures... the potential for fraud…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2009
We see that number potentially rising into the hundreds, and as the number of bank failures... the potential for fraud involved in some of those increases.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Whitehouse discusses the expected rise in fraud cases due to bank failures.

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