Neil Barofsky
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| Neil Barofsky | |
| Occupation | New York Assistant U.S. Attorney and TARP Special Inspector General |
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Neil Barofsky is the New York Assistant U.S. Attorney tapped by former President George W. Bush to be a Treasury-based "special inspector general," i.e., to oversee the government's spending of the TARP bailout money.[1]
Barofsky opened an investigation in March 2009 into whether AIG paid more government bailout money than necessary to big banks that held claims against the collapsing insurance company.[2]
Background
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Barofksy is a former lead prosecutor in the southern district's securities-fraud unit. So far, he is best known as the prosecutor who made former Refco chairman Phillip Bennett cry on the stand.[3]
Education
Penn and NYU
References
- ↑ Tarp investigator seeks evidence of book fiddling. The Financial Times. Retrieved on April 13, 2009.
- ↑ TARP Inspector General Looking Into AIG Payments to Goldman Sachs, Others. The Washington Post. Retrieved on April 13, 2009.
- ↑ New York Prosecutor Neil Barofsky to Keep an Eye on Bailout Dough. New York Magazine. Retrieved on April 13, 2009.
