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Published in TZ Latest News 20 August, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

FDIC sues Citigroup, 2 other banks over soured mortgage-backed securities

The FDIC, a U.S. bank regulator, has sued three large U.S. banks to recoup some of the more than $695 million it lost from selling shoddy residential mortgage-backed securities once owned by a Texas bank that failed in 2009. Lawsuits stemming from the FDIC’s role as receiver for Austin-based Guaranty Bank, which had bought more than $2.7 billion of the securities, were filed against Citigroup Inc , Bank of New York Mellon Corp and US Bancorp late Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.

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