UBS to pay $1.4 billion over fraud in residential mortgage-backed securities

(CNBC) Swiss bank UBS agreed to pay a combined $1.4 billion in civil penalties over fraud and misconduct in its offering of residential mortgage-backed securities dating back to the global financial crisis, federal prosecutors announced Monday. The bank, in its own statement Monday, described the settlement as dealing with a “legacy matter” dating from 2006 to 2007, leading up to the financial crisis.

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