アメリカ合衆国政府は、信用格付会社のMoody'sが信用評価を不当に高く評価して、投資家を詐欺した疑いで、各州政府と控訴することを検討中
Estados Unidos sopesa demandar a Moody’s por defraudar a los inversores
Washington esperará a ver el resultado de la denuncia presentada contra Standard and Poor's
EDITORIAL: 'Agencias en entredicho'
EE UU exigirá más de 3.680 millones a S&P por inflar las calificaciones
Reuters / EP Washington 8 FEB 2013 - 06:54 CET
U.S. weighs sue Moody's for defrauding investors
Washington will wait to see the outcome of the complaint against Standard and Poor's
EDITORIAL: 'Agencies in doubt'
U.S. will require more than 3680 million to S & P by inflating grades
Reuters / Washington EP 8 FEB 2013 - 06:54 CET
U.S. weighs a claim against the credit rating agency Moody's for defrauding investors, but not until seeing the result of the filed against Standard and Poor's, according to Reuters revealed sources close to the case. The Justice Department is discussing with several U.S. states the ability to file a joint lawsuit against Moody's, for the same reasons that on Monday decided to act against S & P.
The attorney general of the United States, Eric Holder announced a civil lawsuit against S & P and its parent McGraw-Hill to create a scheme to defraud investors with financial products such as RMBS (mortgage backed securities) and CDOs (collateralized debt obligations) .
According to Holder, S & P was aware that he was inflating grades so misled his investors, including many financial institutions supported by the government, which lost billions of dollars. The prosecutor found that the agency acted "motivated by a desire to increase their profits and market share."
Sources suggest that the U.S. authorities are awaiting the outcome of the lawsuit filed against S & P to act in the same way against Moody's, but have ruled it is to carry out legal action against Fitch, as an actor less important in the North American country.
Moody's already has had to defend in the past of similar charges. In 2011 a report by the U.S. Congress said, with S & P ratings and manipulate a year before the state of Connecticut sued both for the same reasons. A special Senate committee, led by Democrat Carl Levin, reported specific threats banking clients of the credit rating agencies for these give a score favorable to their financial products.
Meanwhile, Connecticut has claimed that "it is false that the ratings are not influenced by the existence or potential existence of a business relationship with the issuer of the securities", although the Code of Conduct of Moody's says otherwise.
Although credit rating agencies have tried to paralyze the proceedings, last January a court in Hartford rejected his writings, so that the trial will begin in mid-2014. In both cases, Moody's has said that the rating process of financial products is very serious and that at all times ensures independence between analytical and commercial activities, which in most cases involve the same customers.
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