JPMorgan Coughs Up $13B

Now that’s a pretty penny. JPMorgan Chase has finalized a record settlement with the Justice Department for $13 billion over allegations that the bank knowingly sold bad mortgage securities in the run up to the financial crisis. The settlement was announced by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday, who is a member of the president’s mortgage task force that negotiated the deal.In the aftermath of the financial crisis, JPMorgan had been seen as one of the few banks to come out with its good reputation intact. The settlement came after months of negotiations, and ends a series of state and federal probes into the bank, but the bank and its employees can still be criminally prosecuted for fraud.