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(VIDEO) Greenspan FINALLY Acknowledges Existence Of Fraud, Says Fed Can’t Handle CFPA

04/09/2010 3:50 pm 0 comments

Source: Shahien Nasiripour / The Huffington Post

While former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan defiantly defended his record this week before the panel investigating the financial crisis, one admission that went largely unnoticed was his acknowledgment of the existence of fraud.

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