Attorney General Ferguson joins state-federal coalition challenging S&P ratings
OLYMPIA – February 5, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today joined a group of state attorneys general and the U.S. Dept. of Justice in filing suit against Standard & Poor’s. The group alleges the credit rating agency misled investors with regard to structured finance securities backed by subprime mortgages that were at the center of the national financial crisis