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Makisupa488

09/14/09 9:19 PM

#94806 RE: dmceng #94798

You're right! "Specifically, the Texas Complaint alleges
that JPM, which had long coveted WMB’s depositor base and branch
network, drove down WMB’s value so it could purchase WMB’s assets
at a fire-sale price well below their fair market value. Key
aspects of the alleged scheme include entering into false
negotiations with WMI and WMB under the guise of a good-faith
bidder during the summer of 2008,
gaining access to confidential
and proprietary information, and disseminating that confidential
information, as well as false information, to the media and
investors in an effort to drive down WMI’s credit rating and
stock price."

from http://www.deb.uscourts.gov/Opinions/2009/mfw062609_08-12229.pdf