Florida pursues former Countrywide CEO

Posted May 1st 2009 4:00PM by Zac Bissonnette
Filed under: Law

Subprime villain Angelo Mozilo could be close to making an appearance in a Florida courtroom to respond to civil charges that he and his company, Countrywide Financial, put consumers in risky loans that jeopardized their financial security.

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has sued Mr. Mozilo. Countrywide was originally part of the lawsuit but settled and now Mr. McCollum is going after Mozilo himself.

David Siegel, an attorney representing Mr. Mozilo told (subscription required) the Wall Street Journal that "The claims brought by the Florida state attorney general appear, like so many of the other claims being made against him, to be motivated primarily for political ends. When the true facts are heard, it will be clear that Mr. Mozilo has no personal liability for alleged improper lending practices in the state of Florida or elsewhere."

McCollum appeared on CNBC to explain the lawsuit. Check out the video below.

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5-01-2009 @ 8:48PM

uniteddis said...

The jails are full of innocent people. If you don't run a company and be responsible for its actions, what the hell are you doing in the payroll

5-02-2009 @ 9:21AM

sosted said...

Do you think he was breaking the law or just following the congressional regulations that required lenders to issue mortgages to anyone that could fog a mirror regardless of credit status?

If that is the case than all of congressional leaders that served for the last 35 years need to brought up on charges for requiring this practice of subprime lending.

But alas, we hear no talk by the talking heads of the real reason for the collapse
of the credit market.

5-26-2009 @ 2:35PM

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