Deutsche Bank finalizes $7.2 billion settlement – CNNMoney

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Deutsche Bank has cemented a $ 7.2 billion settlement with the Department of Justice for selling toxic mortgage-backed securities in the years before the market meltdown of 2008.

The DOJ said Tuesday that the settlement — which includes a $ 3.1 billion civil penalty — is the largest of its kind levied by the department.