FDIC Settles PwC Colonial Bank Negligence Action for $335 Million

In the latest twist in a long-running legal saga, on March 15, 2019, the FDIC announced that it had reached a $335 million settlement of the negligence action the agency had brought against PwC in connection with the accounting firm’s audit work for the defunct Colonial Bank. The curious thing about this settlement is that it represents only a little more half of the amount that a federal district court judge awarded the FDIC as damages in a July 2018 order in the case. The FDIC’s terse March 15, 2019 press release announcing the settlement can be found here.   Background When Colonial Bank failed in August 2009, it was the sixth largest U.S. bank failure of all time (as discussed here). In a series of actions filed in its capacity as the failed bank’s receiver, the FDIC alleged that the FDIC alleged Colonial’s failure was triggered by a massive, multi-year fraud against the bank by the bank’s largest mortgage banking customer,…

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