FOXNews.com: US sues S&P over pre-crisis mortgage ratings

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US sues S&P over pre-crisis mortgage ratings Feb 5th 2013, 12:48 Published February 05, 2013 Associated Press The U.S. government is accusing the debt rating agency Standard & Poor's of civil fraud for giving high ratings to risky mortgage bonds that helped bring about the financial crisis.  The government said in a complaint filed late Monday that S&P misled investors by stating that its ratings were objective and "uninfluenced by any conflicts of interest." It said S&P's desire to make money and gain market share caused S&P to ignore the risks posed by the investments between September 2004 and October 2007.  The alleged fraud made it possible to sell the investments to banks. The government charged S&P under a law aimed at making sure banks invest safely.  S&P has denied wrongdoing. S&P is a unit of McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc.

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