WaMu settles with JPMorgan, FDIC

Posted March 12, 2010 at 12:55 p.m.

Associated Press | Washington Mutual Inc. says it has resolved disputes with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over some $4 billion at issue in the bank holding company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The government agency seized Washington Mutual’s flagship bank in 2008 and sold its assets to JPMorgan for $1.9 billion. But the two banking companies and the FDIC have traded lawsuits over roughly $4 billion in disputed deposit accounts.


A WaMu attorney told a judge Friday that JPMorgan has agreed to turn
over the money to Washington Mutual after deducting $172 million in tax
refunds that WaMu has already received.

In return, JPMorgan and the FDIC will get will get a major share of future tax refunds valued at about $5.6 billion.

 

One comment:

  1. Nancy March 12, 2010 at 3:33 pm

    So when do the shareholders that were left holding the bag get their share of this money?