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GE says it may face US action over subprime mortgage operations

GE said the warning about the potential action stems from a Justice Department investigation and outcomes of investigations of other financial firms

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GE says it may face US action over subprime mortgage operations
GE said two years ago that the department had issued subpoenas to WMC and GE Capital as part of an industrywide investigation. Image source: Reuters
Updated: Sat, Feb 24, 2018
11:59 am
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General Electric Co faces potential action by the U.S. Justice Department over allegations that its GE Capital unit and now defunct WMC Mortgage Corp unit violated U.S. law in connection with subprime mortgages, according to a regulatory filing on Friday.

GE said the department "is likely to assert" violation of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) "in connection with WMC`s origination and sale of subprime mortgage loans in 2006 and 2007," the filing said.

"WMC and GE Capital will explore whether an acceptable settlement of this matter can be reached. In the event that an acceptable settlement cannot be reached, DOJ may initiate legal proceedings against WMC and GE Capital. WMC and GE Capital believe they would have defenses to any such lawsuit," GE`s 10-k filing added.

GE said the warning about the potential action stems from a Justice Department investigation and outcomes of investigations of other financial firms. GE said two years ago that the department had issued subpoenas to WMC and GE Capital as part of an industrywide investigation.

WMC, now a defunct subprime lending unit, was sold by GE in 2007.

The Boston-based conglomerate also said it added 18,000 thousand employees to its worldwide workforce last year, a 6.1 percent increase that comes as the company is trying to cut costs to shore up its profits.

GE said it had 313,000 employees at year-end, including 106,000 in the United States, and that it can repatriate approximately $10 billion of non-U.S. cash without incremental federal income tax because of recent U.S. tax law changes. GE posted nearly a $10 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Analysts said they have been expecting GE`s employment tally to fall, as part of its cost-cutting drive. They also had been looking for updates on the status of the WMC case.

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