General Electric has agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement with the Department of Justice over allegations its subsidiary misrepresented subprime loans it originated in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.

In an emailed statement, a GE representative said the settlement ends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act investigation of subsidiary WMC Mortgage Corp. and ”contains no admission of any allegations.”

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