Volume 5 - Number 4
February 17, 2012
Citigroup Admits Culpability in FHA Settlement
Citigroup, Inc. this week agreed to settle a civil fraud lawsuit with the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Department of Housing and Urban Development alleging reckless mortgage lending practices. The $158.3 million settlement was reached on Feb. 15, hours after Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, filed a civil fraud lawsuit against CitiMortgage, a subsidiary of Citibank. The suit sought treble damages and civil penalties under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the False Claims Act, a federal Civil War-era statute Congress passed to ...
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