U.S. sues 17 big banks over mortgages
Sept. 2, 2011, 4:39 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- A federal U.S. agency on Friday afternoon sued seventeen major banks, arguing that they misrepresented the quality of mortgage securities they put together and sold in the run-up to the bursting of the housing bubble. The Federal Housing Finance Agency sued the banks over soured mortgages including charges against Bank of America Corp. over $6 billion in soured mortgages. It also sued Citigroup Inc. over $3.5 billion in mortgages, Barclays over $4.98 billion in loans.
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