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With Citigroup paying up, will feds’ attention now turn to BofA?
by E. Scott Reckard, Jim Puzzanghera, The Los Angeles Times
With Citigroup Inc. agreeing to pay $7 billion for issuing toxic mortgage securities, the Justice Department now turns to settling its case against what analysts call the biggest mortgage miscreant of all: Bank of America Corp. In the Citi deal, California will be among several states that will share in the settlement. Citi will pay California $102.7 million to offset losses at its public pension funds, primarily the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. California also is guaranteed at least $90 million in consumer relief, the most of any state. Read More ›