Former Employees Want Senator Investigated

SACRAMENTO, Calif.–California attorney general, Edmund G. Brown, is considering a request made by former IndyMac employees to investigate whether a letter from New York Senator Charles Schumer helped lead to the bank's collapse. Schumer had sent the letter to regulatory authorities and questioned the ability of IndyMac Bancorp to survive.

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Once the letter became public, the bank began facing a massive number of withdrawals by depositors. A spokesperson for Sen. Schumer said the request is politically motivated


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