Option One Settles Charges Over Subprime MBS Issuers Inability to Honor Repurchase Demands
April 27, 2012
Option One Mortgage Corp. this week agreed to pay $28.2 million to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission over the former subprime lenders MBS disclosures regarding its ability to cover repurchase demands. Much of the litigation over failed non-agency MBS has focused on alleged misrepresentation about the quality of the loans delivered to securitization trusts, the servicing of those loan pools and the performance of trustees. The Option One settlement stems from the SECs contention that the company, one of the leading subprime lenders and securitizers during the heyday of...