In that case, led by the civil division of the United States attorney's office for the Eastern District of California, prosecutors found that JPMorgan flouted federal laws with its sale of
subprime mortgage securities from 2005 to 2007.
The office, the people said, initially planned to sue JPMorgan as soon as Tuesday over accusations that the bank flouted federal laws with its sale of
subprime mortgage securities from 2005 to 2007.
Not exact matches
From the low - level shysters who peddled dodgy
mortgages to the Wall Street investors who packaged them into
securities and the investors who bought them, everyone involved in the
subprime debacle always seems somewhat put - off when reminded that at root this was a crisis about actual people and their actual homes.
The
subprime mortgage securities differed in an important way
from those based on prime conforming
mortgages.
Most of the
securities derived
from these
subprime mortgages were deemed to be AAA rated by the rating agencies.
By the way, the players that profited
from the fall of the USA housing market were not any different
from the players who made millions by packaging
subprime mortgages as «
securities» — they were simply smarter.
These are specialist funds, kept separate
from their parent company's balance sheet, that invest in illiquid assets, such as
securities backed by
subprime mortgages.
Back then there was rampant
mortgage fraud, huge demand
from Wall Street for
subprime mortgage securities and rating agencies giving them black checks, with no regulatory oversight whatsoever.