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FINRA Sanctions Citigroup Global Markets Inc. $11.5 Million for Inaccurate Research Ratings

FINRA announced that it has fined Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CGMI) $5.5 million and required the firm to pay at least $6 million in compensation to retail customers for displaying inaccurate research ratings for numerous equity securities during a nearly five-year period, and for related supervisory violations. An equity research rating reflects a firm’s opinion […]

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Citi fined $1.2 million by FINRA over bond markups

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said it ordered Citigroup Inc. (C) to pay more than $1.2 million in fines, restitution and interest related to alleged excessive markups and markdowns on corporate and agency bond transactions. Finra said that from July 2007 to September 2010, Citi International Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of the global bank, […]

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Citigroup to pay $158 million in mortgage fraud settlement

Citigroup Inc has agreed to pay $158.3 million to settle U.S. civil claims that it defrauded the government into insuring thousands of risky home loans made by its CitiMortgage unit.  Wednesday’s settlement resolves claims under the federal False Claims Act against the third-largest U.S. bank, and arose from a “whistleblower” lawsuit brought by Sherry Hunt, […]

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Citigroup, JP Morgan and others pay California $2.3 million in muni investigation

Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and 15 other underwriters reimbursed California $2.3 million last year after a regulatory probe found they used taxpayer funds to pay fees to their lobbyists. Citigroup, the third-biggest U.S. bank by assets, returned $479,994, while Bank of America Merrill Lynch repaid a combined $456,482 and JPMorgan paid $490,449 for […]

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SEC Appeals Judge Rakoff's Rejection of Citigroup Settlement

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appealed a federal judge’s decision to reject its proposed $285 million settlement with Citigroup.   The appeal, filed today in the US Court of Appeals in New York, challenged U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff’s rejection last month of the settlement, which involved claims that Citigroup misled investors in a $1 billion financial […]

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