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Appeals Court Throws Out $1.27B Fraud Penalty Against Bank of America Mortgage Unit

A U.S. appeals court on Monday threw out a jury’s finding that Bank of America Corp. was liable for mortgage fraud leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, voiding a $1.27 billion penalty and dealing the U.S. Department of Justice …

Jury Finds Bank of America Liable for Countrywide Mortgage Fraud

Bank of America Corp. was found liable for fraud on Wednesday over defective mortgages sold by its Countrywide unit, a major win for the U.S. government in one of the few trials stemming from the financial crisis. After a four-week …

Government Wins Bid to Apply FIRREA Fraud Law in Banks’ Mortgage Cases

A federal judge has endorsed a broad interpretation of a savings-and-loan era law that the U.S. Justice Department is trying to use in cases against Wall Street banks. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said Monday that a “straightforward …

Bank of America Employees Could Face Charges in Mortgage Fraud Case

Bank of America Corp. employees could face civil fraud charges as part of a federal lawsuit accusing the bank of causing taxpayers more than $1 billion in losses by selling toxic mortgage loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a …

Bank of America Settles Mortgage Fraud Lawsuit with Bond Insurer Syncora

Bank of America Corp. has agreed to pay $375 million to settle a case brought by bond insurer Syncora Guarantee over toxic mortgage-backed securities at the center of the 2008 financial crisis. Syncora sued Bank of America in 2009 to …

Judge Throws Out Investor Lawsuit Against Bank of America Over Mortgages

Bank of America Corp. on Thursday won dismissal of a lawsuit by investors who wanted the bank to buy back mortgage loans that underlie more than $1.06 billion of securities. The case is tied to risky home loans issued by …

Whistleblower Says BofA Defrauded Home Loan Remodification Program

Bank of America NA prevented homeowners from receiving mortgage-loan modifications under a federal program in order to avoid millions of dollars in losses while benefiting from financial incentives for participating in the program, according to a complaint unsealed in federal …

Ruling Boosts Bond Insurer MBIA’s Fraud Suit Against BofA’s Countrywide

A New York state judge made it easier for the bond insurer MBIA Inc. to pursue its $1.4 billion lawsuit accusing Bank of America Corp.’s Countrywide Financial unit of fraudulently inducing it to insure risky mortgage-backed securities. New York State …

Bank of America Reaches Settlement in Countrywide Case

Bank of America Corp. has reached a settlement with former Countrywide Financial Corp. institutional investors who decided not to join a $624 million class-action case that won court approval in February. The terms of the accord were not disclosed in …

AIG Fraud Suit Against Bank of America Won’t Be Moved to State Court

A federal judge rejected American International Group Inc.’s request to move its $10 billion mortgage fraud lawsuit against Bank of America Corp. back to a New York state court, where AIG believed the case belonged. U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones …