U.S. Poised to Announce $13 Billion JPMorgan Settlement(dealbook.nytimes.com)
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U.S. Poised to Announce $13 Billion JPMorgan Settlement
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/justice-department-poised-to-announce-mortgage-deal-with-jpmorgan/
If what they didn't wasn't so illegal, they wouldn't be paying $13 billion to settle. If they settled for that much, the damage to them, either the bank itself, or the executives could've been 10x greater if they went to trial.