JPMorgan and Credit Suisse will together pay more than $400 million to resolve allegations that they misled investors in mortgage-backed securities, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday. JPMorgan will pay $297 million in the settlement. The lender was charged with misstating information regarding the delinquency status of mortgage loans that were part of a securities offering. They were also charged with allegations related to a 2008 Bear Stearns case where the lender was accused of failing to disclose its practice of collecting cash settlements from mortgages. As a result, they failed to pass on proceeds to the investors who purchased them. Credit Suisse was charged with similar allegations of misleading investors and also with misstatements in SEC filings. The lender will have to pay $120 million.
The banks did not admit or deny the charges against them and allegedly earned millions from the practices. JPMorgan reportedly earned $2.7 million and its investors lost $37 million. Bear Stearns allegedly earned $138 million and Credit Suisse, $55 million from settlement collections. JPMorgan has accumulated a number of problems since acquiring Bear Stearns that have cost the bank between $5 and $10 billion.
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