Report: Credit Rater, Justice Department Near $1 Billion Settlement over RMBS

By Brian Honea

New York-based credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s is close to a $1 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over the misrepresentation of mortgage-backed securities to investors in the years leading up to the financial crisis in 2008, according to multiple media reports.

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