Department of Justice Sues Standard &s
for Fraud in Rating Mortgage-Backed Securities in the Years Leading Up to the Financial Crisis

Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit against the credit rating agency Standard &s Ratings Services alleging that S&P engaged in a scheme to defraud investors in structured financial products known as Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities and Collateralized Debt Obligations.


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