Bank of America to Pay $16.6 Billion in Record Settlement for Financial Fraud

During the second and third quarters of 2009, Bank of America did not disclose that there were known uncertainties relating to (1) whether Fannie Mae had changed its repurchase practices after being put into conservatorship, and the increasing number of overall claims and contested claims from Fannie Mae; and (2) the future volume of repurchase claims from monoline insurers and the ultimate resolution of monoline claims that Bank of America had reviewed and refused to repurchase, but had not been rescinded.

Exhibit A, In re Bank of America, Exchange Act Release No. 72888 (August 21, 2014).

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Meredith Spears