One of Mr Aleman's actions was to have Agustin Jarquin, the government comptroller and his chief accuser, jailed and later squeezed out of the job.

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Later this week, Barney Frank, chairman of the House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee, will haul in state and federal regulators, as well as the comptroller of the currency and the chief of the Federal Trade Commission, for a hearing to discuss the financial services industry.

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The comptroller, who aspires to be the city's first Asian-American chief executive, said he didn't know whether federal investigators are continuing to pursue him.

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