Two congressional Democrats have asked the Federal Reserve Board for a briefing about its investigation into a leak of confidential Fed policy deliberations two years ago.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, sent the request today to Scott G. Alvarez, the board’s general counsel, saying that neither Alvarez “nor any other Federal Reserve official has made public any information about the conduct of the investigation or its outcome.”

“We are disturbed by this lack of transparency regarding such an important topic,” the two wrote. “This leak contained key market-moving information, violated Federal Reserve policy on disclosure, and may have represented a violation of federal law.”

ProPublica reported in December that details from discussions of the Federal Open Market Committee found their way into a financial analyst’s private newsletter. The leak occurred in October 2012, the day before the scheduled public release of committee meeting minutes that promised…

Wells Fargo (WFC) will pay a $4 million penalty after an investigation by the New York Department of Financial Services found that a former affiliate of the bank falsified mortgage loan origination files, made loans to customers that were secured by an interest in the borrower’s home, and committed other infractions in violation of New York State law.

According to the NYDFS, beginning in 2006, Wells Fargo Financial Credit Services of New York issued a series of home equity lines of credit to New York borrowers under the product name “Nowline Visa Platinum Credit Card Accounts.” The cards allowed borrowers to make retail credit card purchases that were secured by an interest in the borrower’s home, which is against the law in New York.

“Our investigation uncovered that this Wells Fargo affiliate put borrowers’ homes on the line for routine credit card purchases – creating substantial and undue risks…