Countrywide’s Mozilo Off Hook as U.S. Said to Abandon Suit
Source: Bloomberg
U.S. prosecutors have abandoned their case against Angelo Mozilo, a pioneer of the risky subprime mortgages that fueled the financial crisis, after a two-year quest to bring a civil suit against him.
The Justice Department sent a letter informing Mozilo, the co-founder of Countrywide Financial Corp., that it isnt moving ahead with any action against him, according to people familiar with the matter. That effectively ends nearly a decade of U.S. scrutiny of a man who became a face of risky lending practices and later an emblem of the governments mixed success in holding individuals accountable.
In recent years, the 77-year-old has been living in a 12,692-square-foot house in Santa Barbara, California, investing in real estate and writing a book about his life so his grandchildren will know the truth. Interviewed in late 2014, shortly after news of prosecutors civil pursuit became public, he denied any wrongdoing and said the national real-estate collapse, not Countrywides lending, was at the root of the crisis.
Countrywide or Mozilo didnt cause any of that, he said at the time.
Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-17/countrywide-s-mozilo-off-the-hook-as-u-s-said-to-abandon-suit
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Holder did his job. What a sucky legacy to have.
chervilant
(8,267 posts)should spend many years in prison, and be compelled to pay significant restitution.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)you should contact the authorities with your information.
Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #5)
Mosby This message was self-deleted by its author.
We don't need proof! Only innuendo, and innate knowledge that he was wrong!
That's good enough right?
floriduck
(2,262 posts)chapdrum
(930 posts)Again.
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,628 posts)Madoff or Allen Stanford, so you get to skate!