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The article reports on the U.S. federal prosecutors' launch of a criminal investigation into the "Panama Papers" scandal involving the law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co. Topics discussed include the investigation into whether individuals at the law firm helped its clients launder money or evade taxes, the law firms' alleged creation of shell companies and offshore accounts for its clients, and the law firms' denial that it offered solutions whose purpose is to hide unlawful acts.

Reports on the focus on the government investigation of the Enron scandal on the documents destroyed by accounting firm Arthur Andersen in the U.S. Evidence heard by lawmakers regarding the issue; Distribution of copies of an electronic mail message received by Andersen employees; Refusal of former Andersen partner David B. Duncan to comment on the issue.

Discusses the disclosure made by Arthur Andersen that it had destroyed documents related to its audit of Enron Corporation. Statement that while there are no universal rules governing how soon an accounting firm can destroy audit documents, most accountants maintain the papers for several years; Question of what was contained in the documents destroyed by Arthur Andersen after the United States Securities and Exchange Commission began a formal investigation of Enron's collapse.

Focuses on the Federalist papers, the collection of articles published by Alexander Hamilton, John Jays and James Madison in 1787 and 1788, to make their case for the adoption of the Constitution, in the wake of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's September 1998 report to the United States Congress. Attention that the papers received after Starr's report on his investigation of American President Bill Clinton's relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

The article informs that U.S. Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick J. Leahy today asked William Roderick, Deputy Inspector General of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to investigate the agency's withholding of documents related to the health effects of global warming as well as allegations of White House interference. Leahy asked whether EPA has complied with its obligation to provide information to the Congress.

Reports that Enron was betting on the direction of gas and electricity prices, despite denials from the company's top executives. Profits that were gained during the California energy crisis; Profits that coincide with Enron's manipulation of power and natural gas prices in the West; Acknowledgment of betting from several Enron trading officials; Trading practices that are being reviewed by federal and California state investigators; Struggle of Enron to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy; Argument that Enron thought they could beat the system; Information provided by Enron that was misleading.

Reports that the United States may charge the accounting firm Arthur Andersen & Company with obstruction of justice in the investigation of Enron Corporation. Statement that federal prosecutors have prepared a multicount criminal indictment of the firm; Impact that this could have on the future of Arthur Andersen; Allegations that the company engaged in destruction of documents related to Enron.

Reports that the United States General Accounting Office, an arm of Congress, is suing Vice President Dick Cheney to try to force the White House to reveal the identies of energy industry executives who helped the administration develop a national energy policy in 2001. Details of the lawsuit; Way that Congress is trying to determine whether executives from corporations who contributed to President George W. Bush's 2000 campaign helped shape the national energy policy; Comments on the investigation.

Reports on challenges facing governmental investigators in the case of Enron. How decision by employees at Enron and its auditor, Arthur Andersen & Co. to shred documents will help investigators; Intention of the government to use the leverage of potential indictments to push possible defendants into the role of witnesses to get evidence for the broader financial investigation; Difficulty of proving financial crimes; Comparative ease of making a case for obstruction of justice.

Discusses the hearing before a United States House subcommittee into the collapse of Enron Corporation, including evidence that the company's auditors, Arthur Andersen, destroyed documents knowing they might be relevant to investigations. Refusal of David B. Duncan, an Andersen partner, to testify; Mounting impact on Washington of Enron's fall and how Enron's fortunes have intersected with politics; Comments of Arthur Levitt, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and others.

Reports on the claim made by Enron executive Maureen Castaneda that Enron employees were shredding documents as recently as mid-January, 2002. Importance of this claim to a governmental and criminal investigations into the collapse of Enron; Destruction of documents by accounting firm Arthur Andersen; Content of these shredded documents, which may contain pertinent evidence regarding Enron.

Reports that an estimated 30 newspapers in the United States have called for the resignation of American President Bill Clinton, in light of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's September 11, 1998 report on his investigation of President CLinton's relationship with former White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. Names of the newspapers which include `The Seattle Times' and `The Tampa Tribune'; Details on the newspapers articles which called for the President's resignation.

Reports the objections of John W. Magaw, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, to the Congressional requests for the personnel records of employees involved in the government raid on the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, in 1993. Details.

Reports on the turn-over of President Bill Clinton's top lawyer of 1,000 additional pages of documents sought by lawmakers investigating the dismissals at the White House travel office. House's postponement of its vote on whether to begin criminal contempt proceedings against Presidential aides; Background on the material turned over the committee; White House officials' comment on the move.

Reports on plans of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to admit in court on January 11, 1995 that it shredded documents related to federal investigation into promotion of Retin-A acne drug. Information on the drug and the federal investigation into it; Possible payment of fine by J&J.

Reports that according to documents which have been turned over to Congressional investigators, United States Vice President Al Gore, made 86 fund-raising telephone calls from his White House office. Who the calls were made to; Assertion from Gore; Information on the documents.

Presents information disclosed by Philip Heymann, former deputy attorney general, in his testimony before the Senate Whitewater committee accusing former White House Counsel Bernard Nussbaum of misusing the Justice Department in investigation of the suicide by Deputy White House Counsel Vincent Foster. Details of the revelations by Heymann.

Reports alleged involvement of Bernard Nussbaum in the Whitewater investigation case. Refusal by Nussbaum to Park Police and Justice Department officials to search for Late Vincent Foster's file; Details of allegations and views of law and investigating officials.

Federal prosecutors who arrested a senior private banker at Credit Suisse in the United States in January in connection with a federal investigation into offshore accounts learned his identity from an indicted UBS banker, according to court papers unsealed on Tuesday. The Credit Suisse banker, Christos Bagios, worked at UBS, a Swiss rival to Credit Suisse, from 1999 to 2008 before joining Credit Suisse in February 2009. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A two-year state investigation into Baltimore's spending practices took a major turn this week when officials raided the home of Mayor Sheila Dixon and left with several boxes of papers. Law enforcement officials said Friday that a state grand jury would begin hearing testimony next week from some of the seven city employees subpoenaed this week as part of the inquiry. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that prosecutors in the U.S. had spent $1.44 million in investigations of the leak of a Central Intelligence Agency officer's identity in 2003. Because all the lawyers in the case were already on the government payroll, most of the costs were attributed to the paper transfer between government's accounts.

Reveals that ImClone Systems executives Samuel D. Waksal and Harlan W. Waksal have ordered paper shredders in early January 2002, around the time U.S. federal investigations of the company were beginning.

States that businessman David Chang, a key witness in the federal investigation into New Jersey Senator Robert G. Torricelli for accepting improper gratuities, alleges Torricelli urged him to lie to investigators. Charge of Chang that Torricelli warned him that his life would be in danger if he cooperated with prosecutors; Details of the inquiry and the court papers filed by Chang, who has pleaded guilty to making illegal contributions to Torricelli's 1996 campaign and to obstructing justice in the United States.

Reports that a United States House committee is seeking information on a memo from Arthur Andersen LLP which advised the firm's Enron Corp. audit team to destroy electronic and paper documents relating to audits.

Reports that the United States Attorney's office is investigating whether Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy violated a federal law in its failure to disclose a potential conflict in a bankruptcy case. Details on the case involving Bucyrus International Incorporated; Content of papers filed by Bucyrus; Factors which prompted the inquiry into Milbank's involvement in Bucyrus' bankruptcy.

Editorial. Comments on the strategy used by the United States (US) White House to delay the investigation into American President Bill Clinton's alleged sexual affair with former White House intern, Monica S. Lewinsky, by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. President Clinton's pursuit of claims of executive privilege; Efforts of the White House to delay the US Supreme Court's review of the issue; Details on the papers filed in the Supreme Court on June 1, 1998.

Reports that investigators in the inquiry of Monica S. Lewinsky, a former United States (US) White House intern, requested that the White House waive a privilege that prohibits testimonies from US Secret Service officials, according to court papers unsealed on May 19, 1998. Information on the letters exchanged between Whitewater Independent counsel Kenneth Starr and Charles F.C. Ruff, counsel to President Bill Clinton; Circumstances surrounding the inquiry.

Looks at the implications of the House Republicans' demand for complete disclosure of the files removed from the office of deceased White House counsel Vincent W. Foster Jr. Allegations of editing the file papers, by Republicans; Democratic support for White House counsel Bernard W. Nussbaum's action; Highlights of the hearings on July 19, 1995.

Focuses on Microsoft Corporation's July 1998 filing of its first court papers in defense of the United States Government's antitrust lawsuit against the company. Allegations that were made against the company by the US Justice Department; Denials that were part of the company's formal response to the lawsuit; Details on the preparation of both sides for the trial.