Citi à payer $7 milliards de dollars en règlement Justice

WASHINGTON — Citigroup has agreed to pay $7 milliard as part of a landmark Justice Department settlement for its role in the sale of risky, titres adossés à des créances hypothécaires à la veille de la crise financière, Procureur général Eric Holder a annoncé lundi.

L'accord comprend $4 milliards qui Holder était une “record” civil penalty of its kind and “appropriate given the strength of the evidence of the wrongdoing committed by Citi.” The company will pay $500 million to state attorneys general and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The remaining $2.5 billion will go to help consumers struggling with mortgages and other problems from the 2007-2009 financial crisis.