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Mass. AG: Countrywide To Pay $17.3M In Settlement

401(K) 2013, flickr

The Massachusetts state employees' pension fund is receiving more than $11 million dollars as part of a settlement with Countrywide Securities Corp.

Attorney General Martha Coakley announced the settlement Monday as part of her office's industry-wide review of residential mortgage securitization practices in Massachusetts.

The total settlement with Countrywide is $17.3 million. It includes a $6 million payment to the state.

The pension fund can also expect to receive another $7 million early in 2014 as a result of a recent $34 million settlement with JPMorgan announced by Coakley's office last month.

The settlements with Countrywide and JPMorgan are the latest in a series of six settlements with total payments of more than $300 million.

Coakley says the actions help hold Wall Street accountable for its role in the subprime lending crisis.

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