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May102013
TARP Bank Exec Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud Conspiracy
SIGTARP CHRISTY ROMERO
Former senior officer at TARP bank Wilmington Trust pleads guilty to bank fraud conspiracy, go.usa.gov/TA3Q.
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Romero leads SIGTARP’s staff of federal agents, attorneys, investigators, and auditors investigating fraud, waste, and abuse related to TARP programs. The agency provides oversight of the government’s investments in more than 700 financial institutions, the markets for asset-backed securities, the auto industry, and housing programs.
"We have guns and badges, and we put people in jail," she said.
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Ms. Romero joined SIGTARP from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where, from December 2007 through August 2009, she served as counsel to SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro and Chairman Christopher Cox. From 2003 through 2007, as an attorney in the SEC Division of Enforcement, she investigated financial fraud, insider trading, and other violations of the securities laws.
Prior to joining the SEC, Ms. Romero was a litigator specializing in financial restructuring at the law firms of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Snell & Wilmer; and Jenner & Block. She also clerked for the Honorable Robert C. Jones, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Nevada, and for the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.
Ms. Romero earned a B.S. in business from Old Dominion University and a J.D. from Brigham Young University Law School.
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