S&P to Pay $77 Million for Ratings Misconduct
Standards & Poor’s Ratings Services has agreed to pay $58 million to the SEC, $12 million to the New York Attorney General’s Office, and $7 million to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office to settle a series of federal securities law violations involving fraudulent misconduct in its ratings of certain commercial ...
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