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Home » Banks, Wall Street Firms to Face New SEC Legal Action Over Mortgage Securities Linked to Crisis
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Banks, Wall Street Firms to Face New SEC Legal Action Over Mortgage Securities Linked to Crisis

February 9, 2012
A week after federal and state enforcement agencies launched a residential MBS investigative effort, reports have surfaced that Ally Financial, Bank of America, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs are about to be sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly misrepresenting the quality of mortgages they packaged and sold to investors. Officials at the SEC, which never confirms specific Wells Notices of impending legal action, declined to comment on the investigation, as did spokesmen for Ally, Citi and Goldman. Representatives from Bank of America and Deutsche Bank did not...
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