"… loans to anyone, motivated by sheer greed.In one 2007 case, executives at Washington Mutual Bank were urgently trying to sell risky loans likely to go delinquent to g …"

"… downgraded and by February 2010, more than half the loans were delinquent.Washington Mutual became the largest bank in U.S. history to fail. Last month, the Fede …"

"… acked securities. In 2003, Washington Mutual halted the sale of Long Beach Mortgage loans to Wall Street in 2003 and sent in a legal team for three months to try t …"

"… ything — in life, and, it seems, in bankruptcies.Consider the failure of Washington Mutual Bank, seized by federal regulators in the fall of 2008 and quickly sold in …"

"… report, though valuable, doesn’t address the decision-making that led to Washington Mutual’s precarious position as of the spring of 2008. For that, it is instruct …"

"… experience in dealing with financial industry emergencies. He represented Washington Mutual earlier this year in its effort to climb out of a deep subprime mortgage h …"

"… 08 when several large institutions such as Merrill Lynch, Countrywide, and Washington Mutual saw their liquidity and stock prices rapidly plunge, forcing the governmen …"

"… Amount of Subprime Loans: At least $68 billionLong Beach Mortgage Co./Washington MutualAmount of Subprime Loans: At least $65.2 billionOption One Mortgage Co …"

"… oans.A Senate committee tomorrow will present evidence that in the case of Washington Mutual Bank, the largest bank failure in history, executives knew about the fraud …"

"… n Democrat who will chair the hearing, sidestepped questions about whether Washington Mutual executives broke criminal laws.But Levin’s committee has unearthed docum …"

"… esident of Home Loans. Sources close to the committee say Kerry Killinger, Washington Mutual’s president, chief executive officer and chairman at the time, knew abou …"

"… f tried to raise red flags. The story detailed how management practices at Washington Mutual became an invitation for fraud. Within Long Beach Mortgage, former employe …"

"… hed for trying to fight fraud worked at giant firms such as Wells Fargo or Washington Mutual (WaMu). Others worked at smaller lenders that joined the rush to sell home …"

"… owers as being among the chief culprits.In congressional testimony, former Washington Mutual chief executive Kerry Killinger blamed borrowers for misleading WaMu about …"

"… ocess.A two-year U.S. Senate investigation found that senior management at Washington Mutual ignored clear evidence that bank employees were engaging in fraud.In a rep …"

"… he nation’s largest commercial bank, others were raising questions about Washington Mutual, the nation’s largest savings and loan.One of them was Theresa Hagman, a …"