Financial fraud has been present since before the Industrial Revolution, many cases making a long lasting impact throughout history (Pearson, T. A., & Singleton, T. W. 2008). The 2008 financial crisis was carried out with a significant amount of pressure throughout many industries, results including fraudulent activities. Back of America was brought to the forefront of the financial crisis when mortgaged backed securities collapsed. The US Government sued Bank of America in connection to defrauding investors, following an ongoing investigation into their direct actions during this time period. During the ongoing investigation, stemming from the financial crisis, Bank of America continually tried to prove their innocents and their lack of involvement in any fraudulent actions.
An article released by The Securities and Exchange Commission, on August 6, 2014, stated “The Securities and Exchange Commission today charge Bank of America and two subsidiaries with defrauding investors in an offering of residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) by failing to disclose key risks and misrepresenting facts about the underlying mortgages”. (Jackson, G. 2013) Dating back to 2008, Bank of America sold mortgage securities backed by more than $855 million in residential mortgages. (Touryalai, H. 2013. Bank Of America Sold) Bank of Americas Mortgage Securities (BOAMS) were offered and sold as prime securities that were appropriate for most conservatives residential mortgage backed security investors. (Jackson, G. 2013) “The MBS (Mortgaged backed securities) collapsed during the financial crisis as the quality of the loans packaged within it collapsed. This led to investor’s losses of more than $100 million”. (Jackson, G. 2013)
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...re found to have defrauded Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while it was selling its bad mortgages. The trial came to the conclusion of a settlement, leading to large payments for their defrauded investors and distribution of funds to repurchases mortgages.
“In January, Bank of America paid out $10 billion in a settlement with Fannie; the deal included a $3.55 billion cash payment to the agency and $6.75 billion went towards the repurchases of mortgages loans”. (Touryalai, H. 2013. US Gov't Takes Bank) Bank of America looked to appeal based on the fact that they had newly acquired the division and stated they believed that the fraud took place before the acquisition occurs thus had no involvement. The fraudulent activity did in fact begin before the acquisition but also continued beyond the acquisition this the settlement continued with no appeal.
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through 2007 financial markets began to collapse on news of heavy write-downs by major financial institutions. The housing market in the United States (US), which had been experiencing consistent growth since 1975, began to contract in the third quarter of that year while the delinquency rate had been rising since 2006 (Mortgage Bankers Association, 2008). Investors were uncertain how severe the losses would be but it was becoming more likely by the end of the year that a financial crisis was imminent:
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