Criminals have electronically filed thousands of false tax returns with made-up incomes and have received hundreds of millions of dollars in wrongful refunds.

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ID Thieves Loot Tax Checks, Filing Early and Often

China can now buy U.S. debt directly from the government, in what is the Treasury Department’s first-ever direct relationship with a foreign government.

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U.S. Said to Let China Buy Direct From Treasury

The Treasury Department said it would freeze the American-based assets of Japan’s largest yakuza, the syndicates whose criminal activity has become a concern in Washington.

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U.S. Penalizes Japan’s Largest Organized-Crime Group

Italy arrested eight people on charges related to the seizure of $6 trillion in fake United States Treasury bonds, in a scam that stretched from Hong Kong to Switzerland.

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Italy Arrests 8 in Fake U.S. Treasury Bonds Scheme

New regulations are intended to make it easier for retirees to transfer money from their 401(k)s into an annuity that would guarantee payments until they die.

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New Treasury Rules Ease Purchase of Annuity With 401(k)

Maurice R. Greenberg, the former chief of A.I.G., contends that the takeover of the insurer in the fall of 2008 was improper and that the Fed breached its duty to A.I.G. shareholders.

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Greenberg Sues U.S. Over A.I.G. Takeover

The United States and its allies on Monday targeted Iran’s central bank and petrochemical industry with new sanctions as they are seeking to tighten the vise on Tehran’s nuclear activities.

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United States and Allies Expand Sanctions on Iran

The Obama administration wants to turn properties into rentals to be sold in bulk or managed by someone else.

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U.S. Seeks Ideas on Renting Out Foreclosed Property

Short-term measures may let the government keep paying its bills as late as Aug. 2, but the eventual cost could be vast and the damage difficult to reverse.

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Debt Ceiling Has Some Give, Until Roof Falls In

The department will initiate emergency measures to keep governmental borrowing under the maximum allowed.

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Treasury Makes Plans to Live Under a Debt Ceiling

Neil Barofsky, who will soon step down as TARP’s special inspector general, is a voice against bank-friendly deals.

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Fair Game: TARP’s Watchdog: A Tough Act to Follow

The U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday that it will post a $12.3 billion profit on its much-maligned bailout of Citigroup. The Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, is expected to close Monday on the sale of the Citigroup warrants, the promised…

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U.S. to Reap $12.3B Profit on Citi Bailout

A.I.G. paid off its obligations to the New York Fed, paving the way for the insurer and the Treasury Department to plan for a massive sale of stock this spring.

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DealBook: A.I.G. Repays Fed Debt and Looks Toward Big Stock Sale

The tax-cut compromise, rising corporate profits and an increase in consumer spending are some of the reasons for optimism.

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Economists See Signs of Stronger Recovery

A little-known office of the Treasury Department has permitted American companies to do billions of dollars in business with Iran and other countries blacklisted as state sponsors of terrorism.

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U.S. Approved Business With Blacklisted Nations