Thursday, September 27, 2012

Goldman Settles Charges It Worked Illegally With Mass. Official




Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay $11.9 million to settle civil charges accusing one of its executives of providing campaign services to a Massachusetts official in return for bond business, the AP reports.

The Securities and Exchange Commission also charged former Goldman Sachs vice president Neil M.M. Morrison with trying to influence the awarding of state contracts through campaign work for former Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy Cahill.

Morrison campaigned for Cahill from his Goldman Sachs office using company phones and email between November 2008 and October 2010, the SEC said. The services weren't reported by Goldman Sachs, the SEC said. The company earned more than $7.5 million in fees from underwriting Massachusetts bond sales after Morrison's activities, the agency noted.


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